TRINIDAD Express – Police Commissioner Allister Guevarro was among those on the scene of what investigators are describing as one of the most serious security breaches involving a police facility in recent history after a municipal police officer was found dead and a large cache of firearms and ammunition discovered missing from a station strongroom.
The deceased has been identified as Anusha Eversley, an acting corporal attached to the Trinidad and Tobago Municipal Police Service (TTMPS).
Police said the incident occurred at the San Fernando Municipal Police Station at King’s Wharf, Lady Hailes Avenue.
According to preliminary reports, the officer was last seen around 11 p.m. on Saturday in the charge room area. At approximately 4:40 a.m. on Sunday, another officer returned and found the area in darkness. After switching on the lights, he observed what appeared to be blood coming from the corporal’s quarters and discovered that the strong room had been opened.
Checks revealed that a significant quantity of firearms and ammunition were missing.
Police sources confirmed the missing weapons include approximately 52 Glock pistols, six shotguns, four MPX-type firearms, and more than 4 000 rounds of 9mm ammunition.
Officers responding to the scene discovered Eversley lying motionless on a mattress inside the quarters. She was pronounced dead at the scene. Investigators said she was found partially clothed and bleeding from the nostrils.
Homicide Region III officers, along with senior investigators including Superintendent Persad, were called in as the station was placed under lockdown. Crime scene investigators processed the area, collecting forensic evidence and conducting fingerprint analysis.
Police are also said to be disturbed by indications that the officer may have been assaulted prior to her death, although this has not yet been officially confirmed.
The informant, a fellow officer, reported that upon returning to the charge room, he discovered signs of blood and immediately alerted police. Officers who responded confirmed the discovery of the body and the breach of the strong room.
The San Fernando Municipal Police Station remains under tight security as investigations continue into both the officer’s death and the disappearance of the firearms.
That’s what happens when the authorities are not tough on crime. With the lawlessness that prevails in the Helen of the Wild West, we are not far from those scenarios.
It is with much sadness and anger I read this news of audacious criminal act against a law enforcement officer facility and personnel in the Caribbean region.
This is a clear warning accross the region for every police force to evaluate their current security protocols around their various facilities, personnel numbers left at Facilities, additional covert and overt recording devices installed and necessary alert systems that can be trigger when perimeter are beached.
This requires all government’s to work and invest in ensuring law enforcement and the judiciary are protected to preserve the persive tranquility we develop our economies on!
The death of a police officer by criminal thugs must be condemned Caribbean wide. However the intent of all those involved in stealing the weapons have a different agenda other than just petty criminal activities… This can be best describe as the Kamla Susheila Persad (KSP) syndrome, Trinidadians are planing to taking their country back from this crazy traitor.