A 30-year-old man from Char­lieville is ex­pect­ed to ap­pear be­fore the South Dis­trict Mas­ters’ Court af­ter po­lice in­ves­ti­ga­tions re­vealed that a re­port­ed kid­nap­ping was fab­ri­cat­ed, re­sult­ing in the un­nec­es­sary de­ploy­ment of sig­nif­i­cant po­lice re­sources.

Be­tween 11 am and 5 pm on Thurs­day, of­fi­cers of the Cen­tral Di­vi­sion ar­rest­ed Daoud Mo­hammed, 30, of As­saraf Road, Char­lieville, Ch­agua­nas, for the of­fence of Waste­ful Em­ploy­ment of the Po­lice.

Act­ing on in­tel­li­gence, of­fi­cers car­ried out sur­veil­lance along As­saraf Road, where Mo­hammed was ar­rest­ed pur­suant to a war­rant is­sued in con­nec­tion with the of­fence.

In­ves­ti­ga­tions stemmed from a re­port made on May 9, 2025, when Amzard Mo­hammed, a Unit­ed States res­i­dent, re­ceived a What­sApp call in­form­ing him that his broth­er had been kid­napped and was be­ing held cap­tive. The caller de­mand­ed a ran­som of $60,000, along with drugs and firearms, for his re­lease.

A re­port was made to the An­ti-Kid­nap­ping Unit, prompt­ing an ex­ten­sive in­ves­ti­ga­tion led by Se­nior Su­per­in­ten­dent Pa­ri­man, ASP Lazarus, In­spec­tor Phillip and Sgt Kater­son.

In­ves­ti­ga­tors lat­er found that Daoud Mo­hammed had not been kid­napped and was in­stead stay­ing at the home of a friend in the Philip­pine, Palmiste.

Le­gal ad­vice was sought from the Crim­i­nal In­ves­ti­ga­tions De­part­ment’s le­gal team, and fur­ther in­quiries led by Ag Sgt Ram­dath re­sult­ed in charges of Waste­ful Em­ploy­ment of the Po­lice.

Mo­hammed was tak­en to the Ch­agua­nas Po­lice Sta­tion, where the war­rant was ex­e­cut­ed. He is ex­pect­ed to ap­pear be­fore the South Dis­trict Mas­ters’ Court.

The T&T Po­lice Ser­vice (TTPS) re­mind­ed the pub­lic that mak­ing false re­ports or en­gag­ing in con­duct that trig­gers un­nec­es­sary po­lice de­ploy­ment is a se­ri­ous of­fence.