Helicopter pilot charged with TT$1.3m in cocaine possession

(Trinidad Express) A helicopter pilot on Wednesday appeared before Chief Magistrate Marcia Ayers-Caesar in the Port of Spain Magistrates’ Court charged with possession of cocaine valued at TT$1.3 million.

She was granted bail in the sum of TT$500,000.

The woman, Tonya d’Almada was reportedly arrested at her home at Van Bruen Avenue, Crystal Gardens, Diego Martin on Sunday evening following an exercise carried out by officers of the Western Division Task Force along with officers of the Organised Crime, Narcotics and Firearms Bureau.

The investigators, acting on a tip-off, executed a search warrant at her home, where the drugs were allegedly discovered.