In a ma­jor sup­pres­sion ex­er­cise, of­fi­cers of the Trinidad and To­ba­go Po­lice Ser­vice (TTPS) de­stroyed ap­prox­i­mate­ly 5,000 ful­ly grown cannabis trees val­ued at $5 mil­lion in the La Lune For­est, Moru­ga, on Tues­day.

The op­er­a­tion was co­or­di­nat­ed by ACP Tee­warie of the Crim­i­nal In­ves­ti­ga­tions Branch, along­side Se­nior Su­per­in­ten­dent Ed­wards of the Spe­cial In­ves­ti­ga­tions Unit, Se­nior Su­per­in­ten­dent Hospedales, Su­per­in­ten­dent Bertie, Woman Su­per­in­ten­dent Bridglal, As­sis­tant Su­per­in­ten­dents Pacheco, Ram­saran and Chul­han, In­spec­tor Charles, and Act­ing Sergeant Dhu­ram of the South­ern Di­vi­sion.

Su­per­vi­sion on the ground was led by Sgt. Lee and Cpl. See­lals­ingh of the Jun­gle Op­er­a­tions Team, with sup­port from of­fi­cers of the Moru­ga Po­lice Sta­tion, the Air Sup­port Unit, the Jun­gle Op­er­a­tions Team, and the South­ern Di­vi­sion Task Force.