PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Brokers with america Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) are stated to have assisted Trinidad and Tobago police of their investigations that led to the arrest of a drug trafficker on Tuesday.
The U.S. Embassy stated that the DEA brokers right here assisted in arresting Shurlan Guppy, charged with trafficking heroin and cocaine valued at a million U.S. {dollars}.
“He’s charged in america District Courtroom for the Jap District of Pennsylvania and shall be extradited to Pennsylvania to face costs. Throughout the early morning execution of the arrest warrant, brokers discovered a firearm and one kilogram of cocaine within the suspect’s residence,” the U.S. Embassy stated in an announcement.
It stated that the DEA and the Trinidad and Tobago Transnational Organized Crime Unit (TOCU) have labored for nearly 20 years.
“I’m happy with the painstaking work the U.S. Embassy’s DEA brokers do each single day to assist finish drug trafficking and to strengthen citizen safety for the folks of Trinidad and Tobago,” stated U.S. Ambassador Candace Bond.
“This arrest, following months of investigation and shut collaboration between DEA, america District Courtroom for the Jap District of Pennsylvania, and Trinidad and Tobago’s TOCU, is one other sterling instance of our shut partnership, and but extra proof that america is Trinidad and Tobago’s most dependable good friend and companion on the earth,” she added.
Nationwide Safety Minister Fitzgerald Hinds stated US DEA brokers in Philadelphia and the U.S. Embassy began engaged on this case with native regulation enforcement officers in 2020, culminating on this important arrest and extradition order.
“ I’m gratified that our glorious cooperation has led to this arrest. We rely on our American companions in regulation enforcement to help us in making Trinidad and Tobago safer for our communities,” he added.
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