PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad — Law enforcement authorities in Trinidad and Tobago have announced a significant breakthrough in the investigation into a brazen fatal security breach at a municipal police station that left one officer dead and dozens of firearms missing. Six people are now in custody, and a portion of the stolen weapons and ammunition has already been recovered, according to official updates from the Trinidad and Tobago Police Service (TTPS).
The incident unfolded on Sunday at the San Fernando City Corporation Municipal Police Station, where Acting Corporal Anusha Eversley was killed during the breach that ultimately saw more than 60 weapons and thousands of rounds of ammunition stolen from the facility.
In an official statement released this week, the TTPS confirmed that two of the six people taken into custody are currently serving municipal police officers, with the remaining four consisting of two women and two civilian men. The arrests came after a multi-unit overnight operation that blended intelligence-led strategy, cutting-edge technological tools, and simultaneous raids across multiple locations coordinated by the San Fernando Criminal Investigations Department, Special Branch, and the Special Investigations Unit.
As a result of the coordinated operation, investigators have recovered a substantial haul of the stolen ordnance. The recovered inventory includes 10 M&P pistols, 10 Glock 19 pistols, one Browning pistol, one Smith & Wesson pistol, and 619 rounds of 9mm ammunition.
Police Commissioner Allister Guevarro took personal command of on-ground operations in the early hours of Monday as the investigation entered its critical breakthrough phase. While the probe remains active and in a sensitive stage of development, the TTPS has given a public assurance that every available resource is being deployed to hold all perpetrators accountable, with additional public updates planned as new details emerge.
Shortly after the incident, Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar publicly clarified the nature of the attack, emphasizing that it was not an external assault on the national TTPS or the country’s broader national security apparatus. Instead, she framed the event as an “internal betrayal” originating within the separate Trinidad and Tobago Municipal Police Service (TTMPS) attached to the San Fernando City Corporation. She also drew a clear distinction between the two law enforcement entities, confirming that no national TTPS officers were involved in any wrongdoing.
“The Ministry of Homeland Security and the TTPS will provide full support to TTMPS, San Fernando Mayor Robert Parris and the San Fernando City Corporation to investigate and bring this matter to closure and recover the stolen items,” Persad-Bissessar added.
The latest developments come as the nation operates under a continuing state of emergency, a measure that has drawn growing scrutiny from the political opposition, which has openly questioned whether current security policies are effectively curbing rising violent crime and preventing internal security lapses. Despite this criticism, Persad-Bissessar has rejected calls for stricter emergency measures, confirming publicly that “there is no need for any curfew” at this time.