Couple charged with drug trafficking, arms and ammo

A 35-year-old labourer and his common-law wife, 27, have been charged with possession of guns, ammunition and possession of marijuana for the purpose of trafficking.

Rennie Siew and Naruba Roodal were arrested and charged on Tuesday after a raid at their home at Union Village, Couva. Police said, at about 5.30 pm members of the Central Division Task Force executed a search warrant at the couple’s home where they allegedly found one Glock pistol, one 9 mm pistol and 28 rounds of 9 mm ammunition. They also allegedly found 13 packets of marijuana with a street value of $58,000. PC Anand Kumar laid the charges. Siew and Roodal were expected to appear before a magistrate in the Couva court yesterday.