Four peo­ple are cur­rent­ly in po­lice cus­tody, as of­fi­cers con­tin­ue in­ves­ti­ga­tions in­to the dis­ap­pear­ance of a Galil ri­fle from Teteron Bar­racks on Sat­ur­day.

Ac­cord­ing to the Trinidad and To­ba­go Po­lice Ser­vice (TTPS), de­spite the de­ten­tion of the sus­pects, the in­ves­ti­ga­tion is be­ing ac­tive­ly pur­sued and mem­bers of the pub­lic are re­mind­ed that the Min­istry of Na­tion­al Se­cu­ri­ty is still of­fer­ing a $75,000 re­ward to any­one who can pro­vide in­for­ma­tion that will lead to the ar­rest and pros­e­cu­tion of per­sons re­spon­si­ble for the dis­ap­pear­ance of the said weapon.

It said any­one with in­for­ma­tion that can lead to the re­trieval of the weapon and the ar­rest of the per­pe­tra­tor(s) can call CRIME STOP­PERS at 800-TIPS, 555 or the St James Po­lice Sta­tion at 622-3695.

On Mon­day, there were ru­mours that the gun had been found in Ch­aguara­mas, then in Bel­mont, but these were dis­pelled by Deputy Com­mis­sion­er of Po­lice In­ves­ti­ga­tions and In­tel­li­gence Curt Si­mon.

Si­mon said the weapon was not found and in­ves­ti­ga­tions are on­go­ing.

At a news con­fer­ence on Sun­day, Lt Col Ashook Singh, act­ing Com­mand­ing Of­fi­cer of the T&T Reg­i­ment, said that at about 12.30 am on Sun­day, a se­nior of­fi­cer on du­ty was alert­ed by a TTDF mem­ber who was on du­ty, who had the ri­fle as­signed to him, that the weapon was miss­ing.

An in­ves­ti­ga­tion was im­me­di­ate­ly launched by the TTDF and lat­er by the TTPS, in­clud­ing the In­ter-Agency Task Force, to find the as­sault ri­fle and bring the per­pe­tra­tor/s to jus­tice.

Chief of De­fence Staff Air Vice Mar­shall Dar­ryl Daniel, who al­so spoke at Sun­day’s me­dia con­fer­ence, said the in­ci­dent was “very dis­turb­ing” but as­sured that all ef­forts will be made to ad­dress it.

“Be guid­ed that the de­ci­sions, the rec­om­men­da­tions and the re­quest made by the De­fence Force are in place to pre­vent such in­ci­dents from oc­cur­ring,” he said.