Act­ing Po­lice Com­mis­sion­er Ju­nior Ben­jamin said yes­ter­day that the po­lice had tak­en a “dim view” of the unau­tho­rised sur­veil­lance cam­eras dis­cov­ered in Sea Lots on Tues­day.

The 22 cam­eras and four dig­i­tal video recorders (DVRs), which had been in­stalled on elec­tric­i­ty poles and trees, were found by T&T Elec­tric­i­ty Com­mis­sion (T&TEC) tech­ni­cians and po­lice of­fi­cers dur­ing raids in dif­fer­ent parts of Sea Lots. Po­lice sus­pect the de­vices were part of an “ear­ly warn­ing sys­tem” for crim­i­nals to alert them about po­lice pa­trols and the pres­ence of ri­val gang mem­bers.

Sim­i­lar de­vices were found last May in Bas­san­ta Trace, St Au­gus­tine, and Monte Grande, Tu­na­puna, where po­lice sus­pect they were al­so used by crim­i­nals to keep track of po­lice ac­tiv­i­ties.