Limited State of Emergency....

[D.H.W]

Claxton Bay man murdered

Police have held a man in connection with a murder which took place around 7pm on Thursday.
 
Investigators say Mr Nirmal Basdeo was found with his throat slit at a track at 7th Street, Dow Village, California.
 
Eyewitnesses told police they noticed a strange white Nissan Ad Wagon in the area. The driver, later identified as Mr Basdeo, got out of the car with the engine running and entered a nearby track.
 
After a while, they notified police who later found Mr Basdeo's body at the back of the car with his throat slit.
 
Mr Basdeo lived at Macaulay Village, Claxton Bay.
 
The Ad Wagon is said to have been registered to PCS Nitrogen.
 
Police later held a suspect who is now assisting with the investigation.

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[Football supporter]

15 guns link to 1990 insurrection

By Nalinee Seelal and Anna-Lisa Paul Saturday, September 10 2011

The 15 guns found wrapped in plastic bags and concealed two feet in the forest floor at Rincon Road, Las Cuevas on Thursday is believed to have been buried there by persons involved in the 1990 attempted coup.

Police officers of the Crime Scene Investigations (CSI) unit spent all of yesterday examining the guns and recorded the identification numbers on the weapons which were then packaged and placed in boxes to be taken to the Forensic Science Centre, St James where ballistics experts will on Monday carry out tests to ascertain how old the guns are and other pertinent information which will assist investigators.

A CSI source said yesterday the guns found may be as old as 20 years, due to the rusting and the condition.

They do not believe that the guns were in use for quite a while.

Yesterday, the guns remained lodged at the Barataria Police Station and no one has been detained in connection with the find.

However, police and soldiers are expected to carry out more searches in Las Cuevas for guns and ammunition believed to be buried there.

On Thursday, at around 5 am, officers of the North Eastern Division led by Sgt Stephen Dowrich trekked two miles into the forested area at Rincon Road in search of marijuana fields.

Officers crossed two rivers, and came upon an area where they saw a canopy of trees and later used metal detectors in that area where they found the guns buried.

Following the searches, the items discovered buried included:

• two SLR (self-loading rifles — of the type

used by both the TT Police and TT

Regiment);



• four pump-action shotguns;

• one 0.25 rifle;

• three 303 sniper rifles:

• one mini uzi machine gun

• one uzi machine gun;

• one Intra Tec Nine machine-pistol;

• one nine-millimetre sub-machine gun;

and

• one flare gun.



The weapons were wrapped in plastic and the ammunition was in bags. More than 10,000 rounds of ammunition of various calibers including 9 mm, 5.56, 12- gauge (for shotguns), .22 and .45 were seized.

Officers also found two bulletproof vests, several ski masks and a kilo of compressed marijuana.

The gun find brings to 78 the number of illegal weapons found by police and soldiers during the state of emergency.

Yesterday, ASP Joanne Archie, the new spokesperson for the Police Service, revealed in her first press briefing at the Police Administration Building, Port-of-Spain that an investigation had immediately been launched into the discovery of the bullet-proof vests which contained two police regimental numbers.

Additionally, Archie said investigations are continuing to determine the owner of the land where the guns and other illegal items were found.

She noted further to tracing the owners of the bullet-proof vests, the police service will be trying to determine if any police officers had previously reported their vests being stolen.

However, she pointed out that if the vests are in fact found to belong to any police officer who did not report the them being stolen or missing, then prompt disciplinary action will be taken.

[zuluwarrior]

Residents beg for curfew

 By —Susan Mohammed



Story Created: Sep 9, 2011 at 11:53 PM ECT
(
 Story Updated: Sep 9, 2011 at 11:53 PM ECT )
 

EVEN THOUGH Dow Village, California, has not been declared a criminal "hot spot" by the Government, law-abiding citizens have enforced a self-imposed curfew to protect themselves against the violence linked to drugs and guns.
 
Residents—some who have lived in the area all their lives, and others who migrated to the area—said that over the last decade, they have seen a deterioration in the quality of life.
 
As word spread that another person—Nirmal Baldeo—was murdered overnight in the village, and two others were dead in a murder-suicide yesterday, angry residents said they wanted the same level of security being provided in the curfew-enforced areas of San Fernando, Central Trinidad and Arima and Northwest Trinidad.
 
The Express was told some of the "big fish" being sought by police were likely hiding out in area, which Couva police say has long been a problem to secure.
 
The residents, who spoke to the Express, shared their views on condition of anonymity. Others, especially elderly residents, said they were too afraid to speak.
 
"It is not safe here," one man said. "I've lived here for ten years and I have seen plenty crime in the area. It have guns, drugs, killings, you just name it and it is here. It is unsafe for children to grow up here. Since the State of Emergency, even though not declared a 'hot spot', most residents are inside their homes by 9 p.m."
 
Another man, a resident of 40 years, said most of the illegal activities are linked to a squatting area located behind a community centre at Dow Village. He said police had that information, but raids to seize the illegal guns and drugs were almost pointless.
 
"Every time the police going to raid, apparently the squatters get tipped off and they could never find anything. A lot of outsiders have come in and settled in the squatting area and spoiled the community. So the original residents are getting out because the outsiders who are up to no good are coming in everyday."
 
A mother of three infant children said she and her husband were working hard to leave the area and live elsewhere as soon as financially possible.
 
"We are not safe anymore. I am fed up of the drugs, guns, murders and all these characters that come out on the streets where my children have to walk. I think police need to do more patrolling because we hardly see police, especially during the night, around here. I hope to move out soon," she said.
 

[weary1969]

LOUDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD STEUPSSSSSSSSSSSS

Dow Village residents all yuh only know now all yuh is a hot spot when we know all yuh full ah drugs longgggggggggg time.

LOUDDDDDDDDDDDDD STEUPSSSSSSSSSSSSS

[Brownsugar]

LOUDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD STEUPSSSSSSSSSSSS

Dow Village residents all yuh only know now all yuh is a hot spot when we know all yuh full ah drugs longgggggggggg time.

LOUDDDDDDDDDDDDD STEUPSSSSSSSSSSSSS

noooooooo yuh lie!!....

Next thing yuh goh tell mih all dem beaches dat not under curfew involved in bringing guns and drugs and ting.....but yuh goh be lying....

Is only in Sea Lots, Beetham, Laventille, the Hyatt, One Woodbrook place....etc.  The usual suspects nah.....

[weary1969]

Brown I 4give u yuh from Tbgo so yuh only know bout d usual suspects.

[ribbit]

ah pushin to get a curfew in toronto. nobody eh takin me on. steups.

[D.H.W]

Guns and drugs found in Saturday night raids

Sniffer dogs were the stars of Saturday night raids, which led to the discovery of a number of weapons and narcotics in central Trinidad.
 
High-powered weapons and drugs were also seized in the north and west.
 
On Lamont Street, Longdenville, the sharp nose of a K-9 police hound led officers to a loaded Smith and Wesson pistol that has been wrapped in a black plastic bag and buried under a pile of grass.
 
a short while later, on Lamont Street Extension, the sniffer dogs found a quantity of hand-rolled marijuana cigarettes and marijuana, hidden in a pile of disused tyres at a warehouse.
 
Police also dug up what appeared to be freshly disturbed soil around the area but found nothing, even with the dogs' help.
 
The central Trinidad exercise also included inspecting homes in Enterprise, Ragoonanan Road, Orange Field Road and Carlsen Field.
 
While nothing was discovered in the early morning, extensive raids, five people were arrested for breaching the 11pm to 4am curfew and one man, a suspected drug lord, was taken into custody.
 
In the north, police, acting on information, went to Hirundel Street where they found a lorcin pistol and a homemade shotgun, together with 20 bullets and a magazine for the handgun, hidden under a culvert.
 
Over at Saddle Road, San Juan, officers on patrol spotted a grey Tuscon parked off the road.
 
When they ran a  check on the chassis number, the officers discovered the vehicle, which also bore false number plates, had been stolen from a police officer at Munroe Rroad, Cunupia, back in March.
 
MEANWHILE in the Western Division, police officers and members of the Criminal Intelligence Unit, acting on intelligence gathered over a two-day period, went to Cameron Road, Petit Valley.
 
There they found a black plastic bag at the side of the road containing an AK47 machine gun, 22 rounds of 5.6 mm ammunition, two 12 gauge catridges and 43 9mm bullets.
 
A Beretta pistol with two magazines and a gas cannister were also found in the area.
 
In total, 4 guns, 100 bullets, and half a kilogramme of marijuana were seized from raids in the Central, Northern and Western Divisions on Saturday night.

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[elan]

Like the PP fishing with small hook and worm as bait or what, what happened to the big fish and them?

[D.H.W]

Like the PP fishing with small hook and worm as bait or what, what happened to the big fish and them?

Line buss

[Preacher]

Well....no imps means no principalities.    Keep cleaning them streets for law abiding citizens. 

[Football supporter]

Like the PP fishing with small hook and worm as bait or what, what happened to the big fish and them?

Can anyone clarify whether a drug lord is higher up than a drug baron? Just trying to get my terminology straight here. If so, then the drug lord would be the big fish, like a Marlin and the baron would be more like a good size Tuna, while the gang members would be like a schoal of barracuda?

[mukumsplau]

errbody know d big fishes is g 'great whites'..daz who we shud b lookin for

[weary1969]

'Rise in domestic violence during SoE was predictable'
By Kim Boodram

Women and children's affairs activist, Hazel Brown, said she was shocked that local authorities on domestic violence did not forsee a rise in this activity when a State of Emergency was declared by Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar on August 20.

Brown said in an interview Saturday there were people in authority who should have known that the home is one of the least safe places for women and children in Trinidad and Tobago society.

Since the start of the SoE, three women and one man have been killed in domestic disputes.

On August 25, Kareem Alexander, 28, of Connector Road, Felicity, Chaguanas, was stabbed in the back by a female relative during an argument at his home. He died at the Chaguanas Health Facility.

On August 31, Carol Walcott was found dead at her home at Demerara Heights, Arima. She was lying face down on her bed, blood oozing from her mouth. An autopsy revealed that she died from blunt force trauma to the head but her death remains inconclusive.

On September 3, Karensa Diamond was bludgeoned to death with a hammer by her boyfriend, Nigel Castillo, who later committed suicide.

On September 6, Felicia Samsundar, 22, of Hermitage Village, Macaulay, was beaten and strangled to death with a telephone charger during a domestic dispute at a guest house in Tobago.

On September 9, Sohanie Ramsundar, 37, a mother of four was found with her throat slit. Her death is also being treated as a domestic matter.

The SOE came with a 9 p.m. to 5 a.m. curfew until last Monday, when it was changed to 11 p.m. to 5 a.m., with an SoE extension of three months.

"One of the justification for the State of Emergency, given by people who should know better, is that it would improve family life by having men stay at home," said Brown, Co-ordinator of the Network of Non-governmental Organisations.

"There is a total lack of thinking when they make these statements.

"I wonder if they haven't been told that the most unsafe place for women and children is the home. But we don't, as a society, place importance on women and children and we do not treat domestic violence as a crime. If it does not involve robbery and so on, we do not see it as a crime." Brown said it was another unfortunate fact that "nothing will be learned" from the incidents during this period.

"Anything that requires the perpetrators of crimes to spend more time at home is a recipe for what we are seeing," she added.

"And not all are reported, not when there are more important things like guns to put in the papers."

Brown said there continues to be nothing but "pronouncements" on the issue of domestic violence, without any real action to mitigate existing situations and prevent further abuse from developing. Families are not being offered the opportunities to learn the art of negotiation and mediation, she said, so that they can diffuse tension in the home and hopefully prevent violence.

"If you can't walk away, what do you do? Most of the time, it is 'I want something and you want something else', so how do you find the middle ground? Some people have to be taught how to do that," Brown said.

"When you talk about domestic violence, it should also be about helping people to develop those skills of negotiation."

There is also a lack of intervention by other individuals because communities are no longer empowered like they used to be.

There are still some pockets around the country where small communities are empowered in that way and still consult one another on domestic and community issues but this is mostly a lost tradition," Brown said.

"In order for someone to intervene, you have to know what you are doing," she said.

Brown added:

"The people who shocked me the most were the so-called psychiatrists who made statements about the curfew improving family life. Unless they have done something about remedying the domestic violence situation that we don't know about."

[Football supporter]

As much as I appreciate the concern of Hazel Brown, its kind of silly to say that the govt are making the issue worse by forcing men to be home with their families. The problem is not making men stay at home, the problem is that there are very few support services for victims and no interest from the police in dealing with domestic violence. Much more needs to be done to change attitudes of men towards women by a sustained campaign by the govt. If a woman wants to break up with a violent partner, court orders should be issued preventing the man approaching within 1000 yards of the woman. But, of course, that would never be properly supported by the police.

Unfortunately, it should be the case where relationships improve if more families spend time together, but the reality is that many relationships are dysfunctional and can only be tolerated if more time is spent apart.

[weary1969]

As much as I appreciate the concern of Hazel Brown, its kind of silly to say that the govt are making the issue worse by forcing men to be home with their families. The problem is not making men stay at home, the problem is that there are very few support services for victims and no interest from the police in dealing with domestic violence. Much more needs to be done to change attitudes of men towards women by a sustained campaign by the govt. If a woman wants to break up with a violent partner, court orders should be issued preventing the man approaching within 1000 yards of the woman. But, of course, that would never be properly supported by the police.

Unfortunately, it should be the case where relationships improve if more families spend time together, but the reality is that many relationships are dysfunctional and can only be tolerated if more time is spent apart.

She highlighting how foolish d statement was by d AG when he said that families are getting closer because of the SOE.

[Football supporter]

As much as I appreciate the concern of Hazel Brown, its kind of silly to say that the govt are making the issue worse by forcing men to be home with their families. The problem is not making men stay at home, the problem is that there are very few support services for victims and no interest from the police in dealing with domestic violence. Much more needs to be done to change attitudes of men towards women by a sustained campaign by the govt. If a woman wants to break up with a violent partner, court orders should be issued preventing the man approaching within 1000 yards of the woman. But, of course, that would never be properly supported by the police.

Unfortunately, it should be the case where relationships improve if more families spend time together, but the reality is that many relationships are dysfunctional and can only be tolerated if more time is spent apart.

She highlighting how foolish d statement was by d AG when he said that families are getting closer because of the SOE.

But, in essence, that should be the case. Since the SOE came in, I've been watching more tv, cooking more often, watching movies etc Those people with families are forced to change their lifestyles and this should lead to closer bonds with each other. The reality is, if a man is a limer and a horner, he won't take well to spending time with his wife and kids. But this is a society problem and the govt cannot be made to take all the blame. 

[D.H.W]

The reality is, if a man is a limer and a horner, he won't take well to spending time with his wife and kids. But this is a society problem and the govt cannot be made to take all the blame. 

This ^^

[Football supporter]

The reality is, if a man is a limer and a horner, he won't take well to spending time with his wife and kids. But this is a society problem and the govt cannot be made to take all the blame. 

This ^^

 

[weary1969]

As much as I appreciate the concern of Hazel Brown, its kind of silly to say that the govt are making the issue worse by forcing men to be home with their families. The problem is not making men stay at home, the problem is that there are very few support services for victims and no interest from the police in dealing with domestic violence. Much more needs to be done to change attitudes of men towards women by a sustained campaign by the govt. If a woman wants to break up with a violent partner, court orders should be issued preventing the man approaching within 1000 yards of the woman. But, of course, that would never be properly supported by the police.

Unfortunately, it should be the case where relationships improve if more families spend time together, but the reality is that many relationships are dysfunctional and can only be tolerated if more time is spent apart.

She highlighting how foolish d statement was by d AG when he said that families are getting closer because of the SOE.

But, in essence, that should be the case. Since the SOE came in, I've been watching more tv, cooking more often, watching movies etc Those people with families are forced to change their lifestyles and this should lead to closer bonds with each other. The reality is, if a man is a limer and a horner, he won't take well to spending time with his wife and kids. But this is a society problem and the govt cannot be made to take all the blame. 

Agreed but yuh cyah say that family life improve it have nuff dysfunctional family and evry social worker expected an increase in DV cases.

[Preacher]

Maybe Hazel needs to open a credible hotline and have the AG endorse it.  That might be more constructive. 

[Brownsugar]

Hear ye, hear ye.....all de big fish dey hold on Nelson Street about 2 - 3 weeks ago.......de Chief Magistrate let dem go today.  Why??  Wait for it......wait for it......hold on.....it coming.....

DEY HAVE NO EVIDENCE TO HOLD DEM!!!!.....

WWWWWWHHHHHHAAATTTT?? ??!!!

Nah!!!  Nah!!!  Nah!!!....eh, eh, de judge eh know what he/she doing.....he/she better check de AG and/or de PM and/or de Pres......dem have de evidence....

Not one word....not one word.....

[weary1969]

Hear ye, hear ye.....all de big fish dey hold on Nelson Street about 2 - 3 weeks ago.......de Chief Magistrate let dem go today.  Why??  Wait for it......wait for it......hold on.....it coming.....

DEY HAVE NO EVIDENCE TO HOLD DEM!!!!.....

WWWWWWHHHHHHAAATTTT?? ??!!!

Nah!!!  Nah!!!  Nah!!!....eh, eh, de judge eh know what he/she doing.....he/she better check de AG and/or de PM and/or de Pres......dem have de evidence....

Not one word....not one word.....

WE TAXPAYERS MONEY GO JUMP PAYING FOR ALL DEM CIVIL LAWSUIT. NOBODY EH GET CHARGE UNDER D SOE SO U DETAIL MEN 4 20 DAYS THEN D DPP SAY HE EH HAVE NO EVIDENCE.

[weary1969]

Now hearing Police find 10,000 rounds of ammo this morning , 13 firearms (Uzi, shotgun, etc) and a kilo of Cocaine in Las Cuevas (edit: Correction 1 kilo Marijuana)

Heard 1 of d guns had Sir Walter Raleigh name written on it.

[Bitter]

Now hearing Police find 10,000 rounds of ammo this morning , 13 firearms (Uzi, shotgun, etc) and a kilo of Cocaine in Las Cuevas (edit: Correction 1 kilo Marijuana)

Heard 1 of d guns had Sir Walter Raleigh name written on it.

Sir Walter is a well-known gang leader. If they ketch he and Cortez, then we know the SoE wukkin good.

[weary1969]

Now hearing Police find 10,000 rounds of ammo this morning , 13 firearms (Uzi, shotgun, etc) and a kilo of Cocaine in Las Cuevas (edit: Correction 1 kilo Marijuana)

Heard 1 of d guns had Sir Walter Raleigh name written on it.

Sir Walter is a well-known gang leader. If they ketch he and Cortez, then we know the SoE wukkin good.

REAL GOOD

[Socapro]

Now hearing Police find 10,000 rounds of ammo this morning , 13 firearms (Uzi, shotgun, etc) and a kilo of Cocaine in Las Cuevas (edit: Correction 1 kilo Marijuana)

Heard 1 of d guns had Sir Walter Raleigh name written on it.

Was that the stuff buried after the 1990 Attempted Coup?! 

[Bakes]

But, in essence, that should be the case. Since the SOE came in, I've been watching more tv, cooking more often, watching movies etc Those people with families are forced to change their lifestyles and this should lead to closer bonds with each other. The reality is, if a man is a limer and a horner, he won't take well to spending time with his wife and kids. But this is a society problem and the govt cannot be made to take all the blame. 

Come on man, that is just foolishness.  Not because you confine people in the same space does that mean they'll get along any better.  Even among families, people need their space, they need stimulation outside the family... some would say that 'stimulation' might even be therapeutic.  The statement about bringing families closer together is foolishness... doh even try and justify that.

[Bakes]

Hear ye, hear ye.....all de big fish dey hold on Nelson Street about 2 - 3 weeks ago.......de Chief Magistrate let dem go today.  Why??  Wait for it......wait for it......hold on.....it coming.....

DEY HAVE NO EVIDENCE TO HOLD DEM!!!!.....

WWWWWWHHHHHHAAATTTT?? ??!!!

Nah!!!  Nah!!!  Nah!!!....eh, eh, de judge eh know what he/she doing.....he/she better check de AG and/or de PM and/or de Pres......dem have de evidence....

Not one word....not one word.....

Will they revise they SoE arrest numbers now... or we eh care about that?  If most/all of the people they arrest get released would that make the SoE a failure (since the numbers of arrest being used to tout 'success')?

[D.H.W]

Now hearing Police find 10,000 rounds of ammo this morning , 13 firearms (Uzi, shotgun, etc) and a kilo of Cocaine in Las Cuevas (edit: Correction 1 kilo Marijuana)

Heard 1 of d guns had Sir Walter Raleigh name written on it.

LOL Good one