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November 14, 2026 Four days after the Maloney Buildings Housing Development was declared a closed area under the Special Operations Act, police have reported the seizure of eight marijuana trees, while Trincity/Maloney MP Camille Robinson-Regis is demanding an immediate end to the restrictions. According to a Trinidad and Tobago Police Service report carried by CNC3, officers conducting a four-hour operation on Friday, November 13, discovered eight fully grown cannabis trees, measuring between four and six feet tall, in an overgrown area near Building 19. The operation involved officers from several units, including the Gang Unit, Criminal Investigation Department, Special Investigation Unit and K-9 Unit. However, the marijuana seizure is not the only result reported by police. Between November 10 and 12, officers conducted searches across 329 apartments in 10 buildings, arrested nine people, recovered a firearm and seized several packets of marijuana. Four of those arrested were linked by police to the November 9 shooting incidents, while five others were detained on outstanding warrants. The police also reported issuing 181 curfew permits. Despite these developments, Robinson-Regis is questioning whether the Government has adequately justified restrictions affecting an entire residential development. In a strongly worded statement issued Saturday, November 14, titled Maloney Has Endured ENOUGH!, the MP called on Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar to immediately end the closed area declaration and nightly curfew. Since November 10, residents have been subject to a curfew between 9 p.m. and 5 a.m., along with restrictions on entering and leaving the designated area. Robinson-Regis argued that the measures have disrupted the lives of families, students, senior citizens, shift workers and healthcare employees. She demanded that the Government publish the grounds used to justify the declaration, disclose the arrests and prosecutions arising from the operation, and explain why Maloney was selected. The MP also questioned why comparable restrictions had not been introduced in other communities experiencing violent crime, specifically naming Couva, Claxton Bay and Felicity. Her concerns extended beyond policing to economic hardship, claiming that the elimination of employment programmes such as CPEP and URP has already affected residents’ ability to earn a living. She also raised questions about the stalled HDC sub-office, the proposed Maloney Mall redevelopment, the use of a recreational basketball area as a mobile police post, and the loss of youth development opportunities. Responding to the Prime Minister’s expressions of concern for Maloney residents, Robinson-Regis said: “Love is demonstrated through action, not rhetoric.” She accused the Government of placing additional burdens on a community already experiencing economic and social difficulties. The MP maintains that public safety requires intelligence-led policing, targeted investigations and investment rather than restrictions imposed across an entire housing development. Meanwhile, Police Commissioner Allister Guevarro has defended the operation, citing intelligence about escalating gang violence and threats to innocent residents. The disagreement now centres on whether the security benefits justify the restrictions being imposed. With nine arrests, a recovered firearm and eight marijuana trees among the reported results, the central question is no longer simply what police have found. It is how much longer Maloney residents will remain under restrictions, what evidence justifies their continuation, and what measurable results the Government will present to the public.
November 14, 2026
Four days after the Maloney Buildings Housing Development was declared a closed area under the Special Operations Act, police have reported the seizure of eight marijuana trees, while Trincity/Maloney MP Camille Robinson-Regis is demanding an immediate end to the restrictions.
According to a Trinidad and Tobago Police Service report carried by CNC3, officers conducting a four-hour operation on Friday, November 13, discovered eight fully grown cannabis trees, measuring between four and six feet tall, in an overgrown area near Building 19.
The operation involved officers from several units, including the Gang Unit, Criminal Investigation Department, Special Investigation Unit and K-9 Unit.
However, the marijuana seizure is not the only result reported by police. Between November 10 and 12, officers conducted searches across 329 apartments in 10 buildings, arrested nine people, recovered a firearm and seized several packets of marijuana.
Four of those arrested were linked by police to the November 9 shooting incidents, while five others were detained on outstanding warrants.
The police also reported issuing 181 curfew permits.
Despite these developments, Robinson-Regis is questioning whether the Government has adequately justified restrictions affecting an entire residential development.
In a strongly worded statement issued Saturday, November 14, titled Maloney Has Endured ENOUGH!, the MP called on Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar to immediately end the closed area declaration and nightly curfew.
Since November 10, residents have been subject to a curfew between 9 p.m. and 5 a.m., along with restrictions on entering and leaving the designated area.
Robinson-Regis argued that the measures have disrupted the lives of families, students, senior citizens, shift workers and healthcare employees.
She demanded that the Government publish the grounds used to justify the declaration, disclose the arrests and prosecutions arising from the operation, and explain why Maloney was selected.
The MP also questioned why comparable restrictions had not been introduced in other communities experiencing violent crime, specifically naming Couva, Claxton Bay and Felicity.
Her concerns extended beyond policing to economic hardship, claiming that the elimination of employment programmes such as CPEP and URP has already affected residents’ ability to earn a living.
She also raised questions about the stalled HDC sub-office, the proposed Maloney Mall redevelopment, the use of a recreational basketball area as a mobile police post, and the loss of youth development opportunities.
Responding to the Prime Minister’s expressions of concern for Maloney residents, Robinson-Regis said:
“Love is demonstrated through action, not rhetoric.”
She accused the Government of placing additional burdens on a community already experiencing economic and social difficulties.
The MP maintains that public safety requires intelligence-led policing, targeted investigations and investment rather than restrictions imposed across an entire housing development.
Meanwhile, Police Commissioner Allister Guevarro has defended the operation, citing intelligence about escalating gang violence and threats to innocent residents.
The disagreement now centres on whether the security benefits justify the restrictions being imposed.
With nine arrests, a recovered firearm and eight marijuana trees among the reported results, the central question is no longer simply what police have found.
It is how much longer Maloney residents will remain under restrictions, what evidence justifies their continuation, and what measurable results the Government will present to the public.
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