The Trinidad and Tobago Police Service is stepping up efforts to reduce motor vehicle larceny in the Northern North Division.
Senior Superintendent of the Northern Division, Sherma Maynard-Wilson, said motor vehicle crime remains a major policing priority, with officers focusing on the vehicles and communities most frequently targeted.
“Some of the key things that we have identified and have been implementing is identifying the hot spots and the hot days as it relates to larceny of the motor vehicle. We have also been able to identify clearly those particular vehicles that form and are, in fact, the basis of these particular crimes. So in Northern North: Tiida, Toyota Fielder, and Aqua, the K2700, as well as the H100 and Vezel continues to be those particular vehicles that are the target for larceny motor vehicles.”
She said a dedicated team has also been assigned to identify offenders and disrupt vehicle theft operations across the Division.
“Quite recently, and this is probably at the beginning of this year, or late last year, one of our officers using social media was able to identify one of those vehicles that was stolen in the Northern North Division. Coming out of an operation, we were able to arrest one of those persons who was actually engaging in a sale transaction for that vehicle.”