Of­fi­cers of the Cen­tral Di­vi­sion seized 22.7 kilo­grams of cannabis dur­ing an an­ti-crime ex­er­cise in Cou­va on Sun­day.

The ex­er­cise was co­or­di­nat­ed by Snr. Supt. Si­mon, Supt Glodon, ASP Ablacks­ingh, In­spec­tor Pet­ti and su­per­vised by Sgt Black­man and Field Op­er­a­tions car­ried out by Cpl Mo­hammed and in­clud­ed mem­bers of the Cen­tral Di­vi­sion Task Force.

The of­fi­cers went to an aban­doned struc­ture at the end of Reser­voir Road, Ex­ten­sion, Bas­ta Hall. Dur­ing the search five cro­cus bags each con­tain­ing a quan­ti­ty of dried high-grade Cannabis with a to­tal weight of 22.7kgs and an es­ti­mat­ed street val­ue of $1.25 mil­lion TT.

The items were seized and in­ves­ti­ga­tions are on­go­ing.