"State of Emergency" Thread

[AllTrac]

this interests me quite a bit...

nothing will come of this

[Bezman]

High-powered weapons seized at Piarco
Wednesday 7th September, 2011

A major breakthrough in the recovery of very sophisticated weaponry has been made after the seizure of 5 high-powered guns shipped from Thailand.

The guns were discovered on Tuesday night by Customs at TTPost located near the Piarco International Airport.

Weapons experts said the extremely powerful guns are used in assassinations.

The Protective Services are said to be alarmed by the discovery of the guns. The make of which, they said, were never seen in this country.

Earlier on Wednesday, the Prime Minister boasted that there has been a 400% increase in the confiscation of guns since the introduction of the State of Emergency.
http://www.ctntworld.com/LocalArticles. ... witterfeed

as opposed to guns that are used for making bubbles and cupcakes?

why all this sensationalism?? papers not selling orrr?

It is because the weapons they held are known for being able to accurately hit a target over a specified distance (that most assault rifles cant) and are fitted with high powered scopes and laser sights etc.. there are special rifles made for sniping from distances over say 1/2 mile or more, and these may well fall in that category...

[Bezman]

this interests me quite a bit...

nothing will come of this

ppl thought it would never even go to court, so lets wait and see..

[Dizzy28]

High-powered weapons seized at Piarco
Wednesday 7th September, 2011

A major breakthrough in the recovery of very sophisticated weaponry has been made after the seizure of 5 high-powered guns shipped from Thailand.

The guns were discovered on Tuesday night by Customs at TTPost located near the Piarco International Airport.

Weapons experts said the extremely powerful guns are used in assassinations.

The Protective Services are said to be alarmed by the discovery of the guns. The make of which, they said, were never seen in this country.

Earlier on Wednesday, the Prime Minister boasted that there has been a 400% increase in the confiscation of guns since the introduction of the State of Emergency.
http://www.ctntworld.com/LocalArticles. ... witterfeed

as opposed to guns that are used for making bubbles and cupcakes?

why all this sensationalism?? papers not selling orrr?

It is because the weapons they held are known for being able to accurately hit a target over a specified distance (that most assault rifles cant) and are fitted with high powered scopes and laser sights etc.. there are special rifles made for sniping from distances over say 1/2 mile or more, and these may well fall in that category...

1/2 mile (approx 800+ yards)
I assume (hope) that the average gangster would not able be snipe at that distance as it takes a lot of practice/training and acknowledgement of conditions such as wind speed, humidity, expected movement of targets etc. to be accurate.

[MG Man]

I want a cupcake gun

[hustla_ambition101]

High-powered weapons seized at Piarco
Wednesday 7th September, 2011

A major breakthrough in the recovery of very sophisticated weaponry has been made after the seizure of 5 high-powered guns shipped from Thailand.

The guns were discovered on Tuesday night by Customs at TTPost located near the Piarco International Airport.

Weapons experts said the extremely powerful guns are used in assassinations.

The Protective Services are said to be alarmed by the discovery of the guns. The make of which, they said, were never seen in this country.

Earlier on Wednesday, the Prime Minister boasted that there has been a 400% increase in the confiscation of guns since the introduction of the State of Emergency.
http://www.ctntworld.com/LocalArticles. ... witterfeed

as opposed to guns that are used for making bubbles and cupcakes?

why all this sensationalism?? papers not selling orrr?

It is because the weapons they held are known for being able to accurately hit a target over a specified distance (that most assault rifles cant) and are fitted with high powered scopes and laser sights etc.. there are special rifles made for sniping from distances over say 1/2 mile or more, and these may well fall in that category...

1/2 mile (approx 800+ yards)
I assume (hope) that the average gangster would not able be snipe at that distance as it takes a lot of practice/training and acknowledgement of conditions such as wind speed, humidity, expected movement of targets etc. to be accurate.

You do know a lot of our criminals were once police officers, soldiers etc here and abroad

[Dizzy28]

High-powered weapons seized at Piarco
Wednesday 7th September, 2011

A major breakthrough in the recovery of very sophisticated weaponry has been made after the seizure of 5 high-powered guns shipped from Thailand.

The guns were discovered on Tuesday night by Customs at TTPost located near the Piarco International Airport.

Weapons experts said the extremely powerful guns are used in assassinations.

The Protective Services are said to be alarmed by the discovery of the guns. The make of which, they said, were never seen in this country.

Earlier on Wednesday, the Prime Minister boasted that there has been a 400% increase in the confiscation of guns since the introduction of the State of Emergency.
http://www.ctntworld.com/LocalArticles. ... witterfeed

as opposed to guns that are used for making bubbles and cupcakes?

why all this sensationalism?? papers not selling orrr?

It is because the weapons they held are known for being able to accurately hit a target over a specified distance (that most assault rifles cant) and are fitted with high powered scopes and laser sights etc.. there are special rifles made for sniping from distances over say 1/2 mile or more, and these may well fall in that category...

1/2 mile (approx 800+ yards)
I assume (hope) that the average gangster would not able be snipe at that distance as it takes a lot of practice/training and acknowledgement of conditions such as wind speed, humidity, expected movement of targets etc. to be accurate.

You do know a lot of our criminals were once police officers, soldiers etc here and abroad

Well now we fcuked!!

[Habit7]

My fear is not about the ones that we ceremoniously found, but those that already exist in their cache.

[Bezman]

High-powered weapons seized at Piarco
Wednesday 7th September, 2011

A major breakthrough in the recovery of very sophisticated weaponry has been made after the seizure of 5 high-powered guns shipped from Thailand.

The guns were discovered on Tuesday night by Customs at TTPost located near the Piarco International Airport.

Weapons experts said the extremely powerful guns are used in assassinations.

The Protective Services are said to be alarmed by the discovery of the guns. The make of which, they said, were never seen in this country.

Earlier on Wednesday, the Prime Minister boasted that there has been a 400% increase in the confiscation of guns since the introduction of the State of Emergency.
http://www.ctntworld.com/LocalArticles. ... witterfeed

as opposed to guns that are used for making bubbles and cupcakes?

why all this sensationalism?? papers not selling orrr?

It is because the weapons they held are known for being able to accurately hit a target over a specified distance (that most assault rifles cant) and are fitted with high powered scopes and laser sights etc.. there are special rifles made for sniping from distances over say 1/2 mile or more, and these may well fall in that category...

1/2 mile (approx 800+ yards)
I assume (hope) that the average gangster would not able be snipe at that distance as it takes a lot of practice/training and acknowledgement of conditions such as wind speed, humidity, expected movement of targets etc. to be accurate.

yup as another user said, look at eddie phillips
but these were prob for the colombians to use to snipe out some mexican gang members

[sMASH]

yeah, it takes a lot of practise/training. but all u need to practise is to get a mile stretch for a target, in ah forress that no body would harrass u.

u all strive for perfection, keep in mind lesser levels of competency can facilitate a job getting done.

[Habit7]

I sorry but those guns and ammo found in Rincon Forest, Las Cuevas, dont look too operable. Those guns look like they could more kill with Tetanus than fire-power.

[Bezman]

I sorry but those guns and ammo found in Rincon Forest, Las Cuevas, dont look too operable. Those guns look like they could more kill with Tetanus than fire-power.

you ever see what a lil WD-40 and a wire brush can do to an old carburetor, engine cover etc?? you'll be surprised

[Habit7]

I sorry but those guns and ammo found in Rincon Forest, Las Cuevas, dont look too operable. Those guns look like they could more kill with Tetanus than fire-power.

you ever see what a lil WD-40 and a wire brush can do to an old carburetor, engine cover etc?? you'll be surprised

Yeah but guns are not made out of the normal metals you would find in cars because they are more exposed to harsher environments, plus they are painted with anticorrosives to protect them. For guns to rot and their metals to rust would mean considerable neglect. Furthermore, the delicate firing mechanisms would be compromised.

[RIPEBREDFRUIT]

i miss the quiet surroundings from 9 pm, the moving party cars started back their ignorance, please bring the curfew back from 9pm.

oh please

[toyolink]

Once detainees feel the pressures associated with the lost of liberties taken for granted and abused especially with the uncertainty about what to expect from their jailors, tongues will come loose.
Expect a lot more finds, as well as an increase of the strategic importance of same.
---THIS IS HOW BATTLES ARE WON--------
Take out the foot soldiers and the Mr Bigs will start to surface!
Readers of history will understand.

[brickman]

Kinda lost on this issue of parties/clubs opening during curfew hours.Example seeing space still going normal hours although i believe they are in a hotspot,just locking people inside during hours of the curfew.Isn't it illegal to be open/throwing parties during the curfew hours in hotspots?

[*$kїđž!™]

I think the SOE means u have to be indoors during the allocated time so if they are indoors throwing a party well then I dont think they are breaking an laws....

the new hours seem a bit too relaxed......PPl may actually forget about the curfew in effect ........

11 - 4 .......

it should have been 10 - 4.30.........

[hustla_ambition101]

Kinda lost on this issue of parties/clubs opening during curfew hours.Example seeing space still going normal hours although i believe they are in a hotspot,just locking people inside during hours of the curfew.Isn't it illegal to be open/throwing parties during the curfew hours in hotspots?

Same thing I wondering and isn't it also illegal to have huge gatherings of people

[Duane 3NE 2NR]

^ I believe once they stay indoors it is not a problem

no different from an office building like a newspaper printing in the night or a industrial plant that runs 24/7 with hundreds of workers

once people are inside and not roaming outside in public then it is legal

[kevcam]

15 guns link to 1990 insurrection

The 15 guns found wrapped in plastic bags and concealed two feet in the forest floor at Rincon Road, Las Cuevas on Thursday is believed to have been buried there by persons involved in the 1990 attempted coup.

Police officers of the Crime Scene Investigations (CSI) unit spent all of yesterday examining the guns and recorded the identification numbers on the weapons which were then packaged and placed in boxes to be taken to the Forensic Science Centre, St James where ballistics experts will on Monday carry out tests to ascertain how old the guns are and other pertinent information which will assist investigators.

A CSI source said yesterday the guns found may be as old as 20 years, due to the rusting and the condition.

They do not believe that the guns were in use for quite a while.

Yesterday, the guns remained lodged at the Barataria Police Station and no one has been detained in connection with the find.

However, police and soldiers are expected to carry out more searches in Las Cuevas for guns and ammunition believed to be buried there.

On Thursday, at around 5 am, officers of the North Eastern Division led by Sgt Stephen Dowrich trekked two miles into the forested area at Rincon Road in search of marijuana fields.

Officers crossed two rivers, and came upon an area where they saw a canopy of trees and later used metal detectors in that area where they found the guns buried.

Following the searches, the items discovered buried included:

• two SLR (self-loading rifles — of the type

used by both the TT Police and TT

Regiment);



• four pump-action shotguns;

• one 0.25 rifle;

• three 303 sniper rifles:

• one mini uzi machine gun

• one uzi machine gun;

• one Intra Tec Nine machine-pistol;

• one nine-millimetre sub-machine gun;

and

• one flare gun.



The weapons were wrapped in plastic and the ammunition was in bags. More than 10,000 rounds of ammunition of various calibers including 9 mm, 5.56, 12- gauge (for shotguns), .22 and .45 were seized.

Officers also found two bulletproof vests, several ski masks and a kilo of compressed marijuana.

The gun find brings to 78 the number of illegal weapons found by police and soldiers during the state of emergency.

Yesterday, ASP Joanne Archie, the new spokesperson for the Police Service, revealed in her first press briefing at the Police Administration Building, Port-of-Spain that an investigation had immediately been launched into the discovery of the bullet-proof vests which contained two police regimental numbers.

Additionally, Archie said investigations are continuing to determine the owner of the land where the guns and other illegal items were found.

She noted further to tracing the owners of the bullet-proof vests, the police service will be trying to determine if any police officers had previously reported their vests being stolen.

However, she pointed out that if the vests are in fact found to belong to any police officer who did not report the them being stolen or missing, then prompt disciplinary action will be taken.

http://www.newsday.co.tt/news/0,146997.html

[sMASH]

soo, the reason for being connected to the 1990 coup attempt was that they were over 20 years old.
to me that is great detective work right thar.

[Stephon.]

It is Newsday after all.

[cacasplat3]

20 years old and used in the coup? lol

if what i was told is true, the jammat brought in guns that were old at the time.......so any gun used back then would be around 30-35 years old now........

if weed was found with the guns, i'm assuming they (the guns) would have been buried there not too long ago...
whats the "shelf life" of weed?

[Habit7]

Take that all those arms experts who say that is 20 day rust

[cornfused]

Ms. Dana Seetahal , Trinidad Express Sept 9, 20011


"Gatherings"

It must be clearly understood that the regulations made under the State of Emergency do not prevent gatherings on private premises. One of the regulations provides that, except with written permission of the Commissioner of Police, no person shall hold or take part in a public meeting or march. What is a "public meeting"?

A meeting is a gathering or assembly of persons called together for the purpose of the transaction or discussion of matters of public interest. If persons gather at a bar or club, their purpose there can hardly be said to be for discussion of matters of public interest. They are there primarily to lime or drink. This is not a "meeting" contemplated under the regulations.

In any event, the regulations prohibit "public" meetings and not every meeting. A public meeting is stated as being a meeting "held out of doors". Clearly, therefore, even if one does hold a meeting to discuss matters of public interest, once it is held indoors it is not a public meeting and therefore not banned by the regulations.

Religious and sport meetings

Even in respect of certain types of public activities there are exemptions. Religious services or meetings held under the auspices of the head of any religious denomination are permitted. So too are educational classes, cinema, theatre and other cultural shows. Almost all manner of sports are allowed: cricket, football, boxing and other bona fide sports.

In summary, therefore, no police officer can prevent persons from gathering indoors to hold a meeting of any sort. Further religious and sports meetings/gatherings may be held in public without the need for any police permission.

[cacasplat3]

watched C news last night......police raiding some apartments.......
police man watch a stereo system on the floor of an otherwise bare apartment and said "this does not match the décor" and seized it.....
they found weed stashed in the electrical meter panels..........total of approx. 10kg of weed, a gun and some ammunition in the single raid...........good work!

[Chimera]

i jus gone freeport police station to get a curfew permit and dey say dey eh have any..and chaguanas eh have any

i tell the ossifer the ppl i hadda drop airport flight is at 5..and dey hadda check in @ 2, so i leaving home @ 1, he say "yeah well if d flight is at 5 u eh need a curfew permit anyway"

[sMASH]

by the time they log that in evidence room it would become a boom box, and by the time the matter reach to court, it would be a walkman... it have sum crucial rats inna de stations.

[16 cycles]

21 detainees from Nelson Street have been released due to lack of evidence upon appearing in court.....

[hustla_ambition101]

http://www.ctntworld.com/LocalArticles. ... witterfeed

Nelson Street detainees released
Monday 12th September, 2011

Port of Spain Community Activist, Mr Lennox Smith, has confirmed that the young men held during a raid on Nelson Street during the first week of the State of Emergency, were released on Monday.

Mr Smith said the police could not provide any basis for their detention and they were released by the court around 10am.

C News understands all 21 men were released around midday on Monday.

They were held on August 23rd in an area known as "The Plannings" on Nelson Street.

That same day, law enforcement officers told journalists they found: "Cocaine, ammunition, 9mm ammunition."

The young men were brought down and loaded into two pick-up vans being used by the police during the raid. The residents were outraged by their treatment and there was a minor clash as they denied the men were held with illegal narcotics and ammunition.

I foresee a lot of these releases in the coming weeks, there is little to no evidence against a lot of the people detained. The reprisals are what to be feared now, it may not come immediately but we have a lot of angry people who will not be taking lockup with a smile.