Manning: Siparia MP's house bigger than PM's residence

 

Opposition MP Patrick Manning last night questioned where the money being used to construct the private house of Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar, which he described as "Kamla's palace", was coming from.

He called for Persad-Bissessar to open the house to the scrutiny of the media and lay the relevant approvals for its construction in the Parliament.

Gang leader caught moving coke, ganja

By Susan Mohammed - A reputed gang leader was arrested on Wednesday night for alleged having over $2 million worth in cocaine and marijuana.

The suspect, of Enterrpise, Chaguanas, was arrested along with four other men while allegedly taking the drugs out of a house in Cunupia.

The arrests came after members of the Organised Crime Narcotics and Firearm Bureau (OCNFB) and Inter-Agency Task Force had kept the house at Southern Main Road under surveillance.

According to police, at around 10 a.m. the joint team of officers observed the five suspects emerging from the house carrying bags and about enter a van and two other vehicles.

Police said the men were confronted, and officers allegedly found over 100 blocks of cocaine and marijuana.

The suspects were taken into police custody and taken to a police station in the northern police division.

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Cop killed at police station

By Susan Mohammed - A SPECIAL reserve police officer was shot and killed at a police station on Thursday. Govindra Ramroop, 36, may have been accidentaly shot by a colleague.