Officers of the Arima Municipal Police arrested a man for allegedly possessing MDMA and rescued a kidnapping victim during separate operations on Saturday.
Around 7 a.m., officers were on patrol in the Arima Policing District when they spotted a man known to them along Hoyte Avenue, Maturita.
Acting on information received, they searched him and allegedly found packets containing about 1.9 grammes of a crystal-like substance suspected to be 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA).
The suspect was arrested, taken to the Arima Municipal Police Station and charged with possession of a dangerous drug.
Later that day, the officers responded to an All Points Bulletin regarding a reported kidnapping.
They went to an area in Heights of Guanapo, near the Memisa School and the Lady Hochoy Home, where they found a 24-year-old man with his hands and feet bound.
The victim was rescued and taken to the Arima Health Facility for a medical examination before being handed over to the Arima Criminal Investigations Department. Investigations are continuing.
