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The Professional Standards Bureau is investigating the disappearance of evidence, at the Chaguanas police station.

The station is said to be on lockdown, after the suspected theft.

According to reports, two bricks of marijuana were among the drug seized during a police exercise in Couva.

Reports state, the narcotic was then stolen from the Chaguanas police station, and replaced with pieces of wood, prompting authorities to place the station on lockdown.

Reports say, the seizure was linked to an incident in which a Venezuelan man was shot dead by police, during operations in Couva on Tuesday.

The confiscated drug was lodged at the station for safekeeping.

Newscentre 5 understands, the marijuana was stolen on Wednesday night, and only yesterday it was deemed missing.

Investigators say, the exact circumstances of how the drugs were removed remain unclear.

The Professional Standards Bureau, has been called into investigate the incident.

Soca star and 2026 Road March King Machel Montano explains, video footage that appears to show him on music trucks performing his winning ‘encore’.

Mr. Montano won his 12^th road March title this carnival. 

Many questioned, his actions when the footage went viral.

Mr. Montano then explained, what he had to do in order to get to lost tribe, his employer.   

Dubbed the king of soca in Trinidad and Tobago and the Caribbean, Machel Montano is trying to set the record straight, he is not retiring.

He told a news conference yesterday, intends to pull back a bit but not retire.

His clarification came less than a day after; he was declared the road march winner for 2026.

Two men have surrendered to the police after a shooting incident in Tunapuna.

An AR-15 rifle was recovered.

The police commissioner and the homeland security minister are said, to have intervened in the matter.

A police officer identified as, PC Phillip was wounded.

Homeland Security Minister Roger Alexander has confirmed he, along with commissioner of police Allister Guevarro, ACP Singh and ASP Bharath, on Monday went into the area known as “Bamboo” in Tunapuna.

After police officers came under fire from an assailant carrying a high-powered, AR-15 rifle.

PC Phillip, was shot in the right leg.

Reports say, less than 24 hours later, two men walked into the Tunapuna police station and provided information.

Minister Alexander is the MP for Tunapuna.

The former police officer applauds commissioner Guevarro’s leadership and issued a warning to all gun-toting criminals, that boots are on the ground at the highest level and immediate action will be taken.

Minister Alexander says, he liaised with health minister Dr. Lackram Bodoe to ensure the wounded officer received immediate treatment.

Surgery was needed.

The minister thanks the officers of the North Central Division, who were involved in the incident.

According to police reports, PCS Laban, Elder and Phillip were on mobile patrol, responding to a report of an assault along upper Fairley Street.

After completing initial enquiries, the officers were returning to their vehicle when they heard gunshots.

PC Phillip was hit.

Nine hundred and 65 expressions of interest, in the government’s revitalization plan.

The Works and Infrastructure Minister Jerlean John yesterday said, the plan, once realized, will bring multi billion dollar projects to Trinidad and Tobago.

She said, hundreds of jobs would be created.

She talked about massive development programmes, in several parts of the country including sea lots and San Fernando.

Minister John took issue with a report, which quotes, a survey commissioned by a business grouping giving the thumps down, to the revitalization plan.

The minister recognizes the need to get rid of, the crime situation in the country.

Minister John said, the plan is widespread and the responses show the potential of, Trinidad and Tobago.

A total of one hundred and seventeen (117) detainees held under preventive detention orders, have been released from the Eastern Correctional and Rehabilitation Centre in Santa Rosa.

The releases occurred between Friday and yesterday, before the state of emergency expired at midnight on Saturday.

85 detainees were released, with 32 walking free on Friday.

According to police figures, 2025 ended with 369 murders, the lowest total recorded in more than a decade and a 42% drop from the 626 murders reported the year before.

While the country spent much of the year, under two separate SOES.

Police Commissioner Alister Guevarro describes the decline as a major achievement, driven by focused police strategies and accountability across divisions.

Commissioner Guevarro also rejects claims that the SOE alone was responsible; pointing out that earlier emergencies during the covid-19 years, involved far stricter restrictions yet did not produce comparable results.

Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar says, two independent senators sought to make a deal which would see them getting benefits, for their votes on the zones of special operations (ZOSO) bill, 2026.

The bail failed in the upper house on Tuesday night.

Eight of the nine independents voted against the legislation…. one abstained.

Yesterday in response to the collapse of the bill, the prime minister said, her government would not buy votes.

She said, two independent senators approached a senior government senator seeking personal favors, in exchange for supporting the bill.

The prime minister said, these requests were rejected.

She would not name the senators saying, “they know who they are and they must live with that shame.”

The prime minister slammed the opposition People’s National Movement, for celebrating the defeat of the bill.

On her Facebook page the Prime Minister Persad Bissessar noted, crime statistics, saying most murder victims over the past decade were young Afro-Trinidadian men, and that communities affected by gang violence are largely PNM stronghold constituencies.

She said, in this reality yet the PNM – an afro-dominated party – continues to block action by the security services.

She said, the real concern appears to be protecting local drug-mafia financiers.