Cops kill 2, injure 1 in Facebook sting – Trinidad and Tobago Newsday

News Gregory Mc Burnie 7 Hrs Ago Police Commissioner Allister Guevarro – Police killed two men and injured another while carrying out a sting operation to catch bandits suspected of using fake Facebook ads to rob people. In a media release on January 16, the TT Police Service (TTPS) said officers attached to the North Central Division, in collaboration with a specialist unit, conducted an intelligence-based, covert sting operation along Mt Hope Road, St Joseph. Acting on information regarding a Facebook Marketplace arrangement to purchase a vehicle, officers posed as prospective buyers and went to the proposed meeting site. When they arrived at the location to carry out the transaction, four men approached them and announced a robbery. Police say the bandits, when confronted, shot at them and they returned fire. Three of the suspects were shot while one escaped. One of the injured bandits was arrested at the scene while the other two were taken to the Eric Williams Medical Sciences Complex where they were declared dead on arrival. The third wounded suspect was taken for medical treatment and remains under police guard. Officer recovered two guns at the scene and investigations, along with the search for the escaped
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