Maraval man charged with drug trafficking

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Maraval man charged with drug trafficking

A Maraval man is due to appear at the Port of Spain Magistrates’ Court after he was charged with various offences arising from an alleged drug trafficking incident.
On Sunday 2nd October 2022, PIERRE A LOUIS PANTIN, 40, was formally charged for the offences of Trafficking in a Dangerous Drug namely cocaine, Forgery of a Trinidad and Tobago Drivers Permit and Uttering a Forged Document namely a forged Trinidad and Tobago Drivers Permit.
The charges were laid by Ag Cpl Bernard of the Special Investigations Unit.
According to police reports on October 27th, 2020 a man went to an international shipping company, where he allegedly shipped a binder containing documents to an address in Canada. On the said day, officers from the Special Investigations Unit went to the shipping company located in Port of Spain, where they examined the package and found a quantity of cocaine concealed within the lining of the binder.
The officers conducted enquires which revealed that the name, address and identification documents utilized by the shipper were fake.
Further enquiries were conducted, persons were interviewed, information was received and on Thursday 29th September 2022, an intelligence led exercise was conducted in the Western Division under the supervision of the Assistant Commissioner of Police, Central Intelligence Bureau, Joseph Chandool.
During the exercise the accused was arrested as a suspect in the October 27th 2020 offence of Trafficking in a Dangerous Drug. The cocaine seized weighed 27.68 grams, with an estimated street value of $110,720.
Investigations are continuing.
Source: TTPS

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