Police are calling on contractors and representatives of construction companies whose heavy equipment was damaged in a recent spate of arson attacks to come foward to help identify five suspects, who are in police custody. The suspects, who are all from Kelly Village, Caroni, were arrested on Monday following the latest attack on a batching patch at Mausica Road, D’Abadie, on December 1.
Police said one of the suspects, aged 30, was identified by witnesses to the attack, during an identification parade at the Arima Police Station on Thursday night. While the other suspects were not identified in the incident at a site operated by Kallco Ltd, police sources said they provided information on the man who allegedly hired them to commit similar acts at construction sites in east and central Trinidad.
In a brief telephone interview yesterday, head of the Northern Division, Snr Supt David Abraham, said his detectives had already begun building their case against the main suspect but needed additional information to support the case before they approached the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) for advice. “All information will be treated with the strictest confidence,” Abraham said.
Latest incident
Around midnight on December 1, two men entered Kallco’s compound, threatened security guards, shot at buildings and equipment before setting several pieces of multi-million dollar construction equipment ablaze. The damage was minimised by the swift response of police and fire officers, police said.
Over the past few months, similar attacks have also been reported at several major construction sites including at the new Caroni Highway, the Valencia Overpass and at a jobsite of the Solomon Hochoy Highway extension at Guapo. Anyone with information which may assist police in their investigation is asked to contact Sgt Rene Katwaroo and detectives of the Arima CID at 667–3563.