North-Central cops seize marijuana, ecstasy and molly

SHANE SU­PERVILLE

Se­nior Re­porter

An Arou­ca man has plead­ed guilty af­ter be­ing charged with pos­ses­sion of drugs for the pur­pose of traf­fick­ing, days af­ter po­lice found mar­i­jua­na, ec­sta­sy and mol­ly at his home.

Po­lice said of­fi­cers of the North Cen­tral Di­vi­sion Task Force Area East, the Arou­ca CID and the Po­lice Ca­nine Unit went to a house on Thomas Trace last Fri­day af­ter­noon.

While search­ing the home, of­fi­cers found a quan­ti­ty of mar­i­jua­na in plas­tic wrap­ping, ec­sta­sy pills and pack­ets con­tain­ing the drug 3,4-meth­yl­ene­dioxymetham­phet­a­mine, al­so known as “mol­ly”.

Po­lice ar­rest­ed the man and charged him with pos­ses­sion of mar­i­jua­na, pos­ses­sion of ec­sta­sy for the pur­pose of traf­fick­ing and pos­ses­sion of mol­ly for the pur­pose of traf­fick­ing.

He ap­peared be­fore a Mas­ter of the Court on Mon­day, where he plead­ed guilty to the charges.

The ex­er­cise was over­seen by ACP Singh, Snr Supt Vern­ly Gift and Supt Jaikaran, and co­or­di­nat­ed by ASP Sunil Bharath, ASP Pierre, In­sp Pe­ters and Sgt Sean Be­dase, with su­per­vi­sion from Cpl Forde.

Da­ta from the TTPS Crime and Prob­lem Analy­sis (CA­PA) branch showed that 1.7 grams of ec­sta­sy were seized com­pared with 200.1 grams and 187 pills in 2024, while 182.88 grams and 1,036 pills were seized in 2025.

In terms of metham­phet­a­mine seizures, po­lice said 540 grams were seized in 2023, while on­ly ten pills were con­fis­cat­ed in 2024 and 251.13 grams were seized in 2025.