Eight people, five Venezuelans, one Antiguan and two Trinidadians were held with the drugs valued at $700 million.
Seven guns, including an Uzi, four handguns, two assault rifles (SLR and AR-180) and a quantity of ammunition were seized when officers from the Police Western Division and Coast Guard officers raided the house.
The AR-180 is a US version to the Russian AK-47 and the gun is said to be more effective than the M-16.
Officers also seized 247 rounds of assorted ammunition.
The 1,750 kilos of cocaine, packed in one kilo blocks and then put into 63 crocus bags, were found in the house which is owned by a company based in West Trinidad.
No link has so far been made between the company-owned house and the drugs which were found in the watchman quarters of the property.
The only other major cocaine bust to come close to yesterday's haul was on January 23, 2001, when officers from the Organised Crime and Narcotics Unit (OCNU) under Insp Baldeo Nanan raided a frozen cassava packaging factory and seized 542 kilos valued at $216.8 million.
Police believe that the drug came in on the island between Monday night and yesterday morning and was bound for Europe.
Monos was being used as a transhipment point for the narcotics which it is believed came from Colombia.
However, officers could not say when the drugs was expected to leave Monos for Europe.
Monos is the largest of the islands located off Trinidad's North West coast and is about 1,000 acres in size.
There are fewer than 20 houses on the island which are private properties built on freehold leased land.
The island is heavily forested and has steep cliffs and there are no law enforcement, immigration or customs presence on the island.
The army said in a statement that the Coast Guard in company with police officers from the Western Division were conducting off-shore surveillance work from about 7.30 p.m. on Monday.
Around 3 a.m. vessels were detected on one of the Coast Guard cutter's radar system and a boat was intercepted.
Later the house was searched by the joint Coast Guard and police team.
Biggest drug bust in Trinidad and Tobago ever
Filed under: News|Trinidad and TobagoThe largest drug bust in Trinidad and Tobago valued at TT$700 million (US$112 million) was made less than one mile off the Coast Guard headquarters yesterday. The 1.75 tonnes of pure cocaine, also one of the single largest in the region, was seized in a house on Monos Island in the First Boca and less than one mile south of Staubles Bay around 3 a.m.
Seven guns, including an Uzi, four handguns, two assault rifles (SLR and AR-180) and a quantity of ammunition were seized when officers from the Police Western Division and Coast Guard officers raided the house.
The AR-180 is a US version to the Russian AK-47 and the gun is said to be more effective than the M-16.
Officers also seized 247 rounds of assorted ammunition.
The 1,750 kilos of cocaine, packed in one kilo blocks and then put into 63 crocus bags, were found in the house which is owned by a company based in West Trinidad.
No link has so far been made between the company-owned house and the drugs which were found in the watchman quarters of the property.
The only other major cocaine bust to come close to yesterday's haul was on January 23, 2001, when officers from the Organised Crime and Narcotics Unit (OCNU) under Insp Baldeo Nanan raided a frozen cassava packaging factory and seized 542 kilos valued at $216.8 million.
Police believe that the drug came in on the island between Monday night and yesterday morning and was bound for Europe.
Monos was being used as a transhipment point for the narcotics which it is believed came from Colombia.
However, officers could not say when the drugs was expected to leave Monos for Europe.
Monos is the largest of the islands located off Trinidad's North West coast and is about 1,000 acres in size.
There are fewer than 20 houses on the island which are private properties built on freehold leased land.
The island is heavily forested and has steep cliffs and there are no law enforcement, immigration or customs presence on the island.
The army said in a statement that the Coast Guard in company with police officers from the Western Division were conducting off-shore surveillance work from about 7.30 p.m. on Monday.
Around 3 a.m. vessels were detected on one of the Coast Guard cutter's radar system and a boat was intercepted.
Later the house was searched by the joint Coast Guard and police team.
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Add a new commentThey Caucasians) perpetuate the mind slavery by spilling crack into the street with their uncontrolled greed, have the black & Indian rats kill each other while they laugh all the way to the corrupt bank officials who say "How High Sir" when told to jump to legally transfer their money. There are even Jamaican and St. Kitts/Nevis rats in big security positions in T&T, ah Jamaican! Sad state that T&T is the wealthiest island and the EC $ in 2011 is worth more we natives are born and will die stupiid because of a perpetuated minority.