One man was arrested after Mayaro police seized cheese, birds, cattle and fish believed to have been smuggled into the country on Sunday 9th October, 2022.
• According to police, officers of the Mayaro Police Station were on an anti-crime exercise, when they proceeded to Sea Spray Road, Manzanilla Road, Mayaro where they conducted surveillance.
• Officers saw three persons removing items from a boat. As the officers approached the boat, two individuals ran along the shoreline into some nearby bushes. A chase ensued and a 27-year-old man from Eccles Road Mayaro was arrested.
• The items were later identified as 10 buckets of cheese, four cattle, ten yellow and blue macaws, and seven yellow head parrots. in crocus bags, and three cages with a quantity of Bull Finch birds.
• PC Guerra is continuing investigations in collaboration with the Fisheries and Customs Divisions
