TWO HUNDRED AND FOUR POINT FIVE MILLION DOLLARS WORTH OF COCAINE, SEIZED BY THE TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO COAST GUARD OFF THE NORTH WESTERN COAST.

THE MASSIVE COCAINE SHIPMENT WEIGHED IN AT, 440 KILOGRAMMES.

FOUR MEN, INCLDUING THREE TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO NATIONALS AND A VENEZUELAN WERE ARRESTED.

THE BUST WAS MADE AT 5:56 AM YESTERDAY.

THE TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO COAST GUARD INTERCEPTED THE VESSEL NEAR, HUEVOS ISLAND.

THE EXPRESS REPORTS, THAT A TOTAL OF 394 SEALED PACKAGES, WEIGHING 440.20 KILOGRAMMES, WERE RECOVERED.

THE PACKAGES CONTAINED A WHITE, POWDER-LIKE SUBSTANCE WHICH WAS SUBSEQUENTLY CONFIRMED AS COCAINE, BY THE TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO POLICE SERVICE’S SPECIAL INVESTIGATIONS UNIT.

IT IS REPORTED, THE COAST GUARD FOUND 394 SEALED PACKAGES OF THE DRUG.

REPORTS SAY, OFFICERS BOARDED A PIROGUE NAMED ‘FISH POT BOYS, WHERE THE DRUG WAS FOUND.

THE MINISTER OF DEFENCE WAYNE STURGE, YESTERDAY HAILED THE CONTINUING EFFORTS OF LAW ENFORCEMENT, DECLARING THAT AUTHORITIES ARE “WINNING” THE BATTLE AGAINST DRUG TRAFFICKERS, AND WILL REMAIN RELENTLESS IN CONFRONTING THE CARTELS.