Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding the storage of seven human cadavers discovered at a compound in Central Trinidad on Thursday, September 17, 2026.
According to a media release from the Trinidad and Tobago Police Service’s Corporate Communications Unit, officers of the Multi-Agency Task Force (MATF) received a request from the Environmental Management Authority (EMA) on Wednesday, September 16, to visit a location off the Uriah Butler Highway, south of Courts and adjacent to Conex Readymix Ltd.
At approximately 10:40 a.m. on Thursday, MATF officers and EMA personnel proceeded to the location, where they met a man who identified himself as the operator of an establishment on the compound. He was informed of the EMA’s report, and an inspection of the premises was conducted. During the inspection, officers discovered seven human cadavers being stored in a refrigeration unit within a building on the compound.
The man was asked to provide documentation relating to the identities of the deceased persons and the authority under which the cadavers were being kept at the location, but he was unable, at the time, to produce the requested documentation.
Snr. Supt. Bhagwandeen of the Central Division was subsequently contacted for the assignment of an investigator and Crime Scene Investigators (CSI). Supt. Persad of the Homicide Bureau of Investigations (HBI), Region Two, was also contacted, and a team was dispatched to the location.
At this stage, the investigation is focused on establishing the identities of the deceased persons, how the cadavers came to be at the location, and whether all legal and regulatory requirements governing the possession, handling and storage of human remains were being observed.
Investigators are continuing enquiries to determine whether any breaches of law or applicable regulations occurred. Police say further information will be provided as the investigation progresses.