PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, Aug 18, CMC – A High Court has granted TT$100,000 (One TT dollar=US$0.16 cents) bail to a man charged with misbehaviour in public office and firearm related offences, arising out of an investigation into a missing Trinidad and Tobago Police Service (TTPS) firearm at the Mayaro Police Station, south east of here in July 2026.
Azam Ali is the second person to be charged in this matter. He is also facing charges of possession of ammunition, when he appeared before Master Raydon Dalrymple-Watts, at the South High Court, on Monday.
The accused was not called upon to plead and was granted bail with the conditions that he is to reside at his residence in Sangre Grande until determination of the matter, submit his passport to the Registrar within two days of securing bail, and not be permitted to obtain travelling documents.
The Status Hearing is scheduled for October 29, 2026.
Police had said that following internal checks at the Mayaro Police Station on July 29,, 2026, a TTPS firearm and a quantity of ammunition were discovered missing. An internal investigation was immediately launched which led to the recovery of the missing firearm, magazine and ammunition.
A 23-year-old male Police Constable with nine months’ service was detained. He appeared before the South Masters’ Court, on August 3, charged with misbehaviour in public office.
The second suspect was arrested on August 7 and placed on a Preventative Detention Order.
Meanwhile, seven police officers who were arrested in connection with the disappearance of three firearms and a quantity of ammunition from the Central Police Station (CPS) in the capital on August 10, have all been released.
While no charges have been laid against anyone, senior police officials have confirmed that even though the investigation was continuing, some of the officers had been reassigned within the Division.
The group, which included one acting sergeant, two acting corporals and four constables, were on duty when the arms and ammunition were discovered missing. They were released “at intervals” over the last weekend.
The missing items include three Glock pistols, three magazines and 45 rounds of .9 mm ammunition. They had been lodged for safekeeping by municipal police officers attached to the Port-of-Spain Division last Monday, and a firearms check last Tuesday revealed they were missing.
The discovery comes almost four months after the armoury at the San Fernando Municipal Police Station, suth of here, was found emptied of arms and ammunition.
Following that incident, the TTPS initiated a firearms audit to determine the number of firearms and ammunition that were stolen. The audit is yet to be completed.
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