TTPS clarifies: Items found in South are not ‘warheads’

The Trinidad and Tobago Police Service has clarified that objects found resembling ‘military warheads’ by members of the public at Mosquito Creek, Oropouche is in fact, “parts belonging to concrete piercing tools.”

In a statement on Tuesday, the TTPS explained that following a report on Sunday, officers of the Southern, South Western Divisions and Coastal and Air Support Unit led by ACP Wayne Mystar visited the scene and discovered several “cylindrical projectiles” amongst the rocks on the banks of the Godineau River in the vicinity of the Godineau Bridge at Mosquito Creek, Oropouche.

The statement explained that while the items did appear similar to military munitions, a team of specialists from the TTPS Explosive Detection and Disposal Unit “Bomb Squad” with the assistance of international partners, further examined the objects and they were positively identified to be parts belonging to Concrete Piercing Tools used in the construction industry.

It said however that a number of major components for the functioning of theitems were not present and in the interest of public safety, the items were seized and removed from the site.

The TTPS also noted that further investigations are being conducted.