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FORMER national security minister and Trinidad and Tobago Defence Force (TTDF) officer Gary Griffith says the TTDF already has a use of force policy in effect. The Coast Guard is the maritime arm of the TTDF.

He made this comment in response to statements made by Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar at a post-cabinet news conference on June 5.

At that briefing, Persad-Bissessar said government has no evidence to support claims by Venezuelan vice-president Diosdado Cabello that his country's security services had arrested "a group of terrorists" who allegedly entered Venezuela via TT.