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TVs, computers stolen from Turnquest's headquarters

Published On:Thursday, November 26, 2009

By ALISON LOWE

Tribune Staff Reporter

alowe@tribunemedia.net

TWO televisions and two computers have been stolen from the constituency headquarters of the under-fire Minister of National Security, Tommy Turnquest.

There was no sign of forced entry at Mr Turnquest's Mount Moriah office, which is located on Thompson Boulevard opposite the Caribbean Bottling company.

Although police are investigating the incident, Mr Turnquest said he had not "reported it as a crime" at this stage.

"I had a robbery, but there was no forced entry. It was not a break-in," he stated when asked about the incident.

Queried as to what he suspected had happened, Mr Turnquest said he did not want to say until police are able to investigate further.

"I asked the police to do fingerprints. We'll find out," said Mr Turnquest, who has recently been criticised over crime, particularly in the wake of the hold-up and robbery of 18 tourists last Friday.

Mr Turnquest's office is believed to have been entered sometime between Tuesday afternoon and yesterday morning.

The items were found missing by a woman employee of the office.

Mr Turnquest, who is currently acting Prime Minister and Minister of Finance while Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham is in Trinidad to attend the Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting, said the items were all that had been identified as having been taken from the office "so far."

"I'm not reporting it as a crime until police tell me what they know," added the Minister, when asked whether police had any leads as yet.

Assistant Commissioner of Police in charge of crime, Raymond Gibson, yesterday confirmed that the scene was processed by officers.

The matter is under "active investigation" with police "trying to develop the information we have received."

"Hopefully at the end of the day we'll find the person responsible. We're confident and following some leads," he said.