A raid by the Metropolitan Police’s Anti-Drug and Smuggling Unit (ADSU) Alpha 2 on a house at Abercrombie Avenue, St. Croix, on Tuesday morning, September 7, resulted in the seizure of four hundred and seventy doses of synthetic drugs, amounting to 46.3 grams, and the sum of Rs 48,000 suspected to be derived from the sale of the drugs. The value of the drug seized is Rs 231,500. Louis Enzo Jordan Momus, a 23-year-old welder, was arrested. He was brought before the Port Louis court the same day on a provisional charge of drug trafficking.
It was on the basis of information that drug trafficking was taking place at this location that this ADSU team led by Sergeant Chowdharry searched this house at about 7.40am on Tuesday 7 September, after hours of surveillance. This exercise resulted in the seizure of a plastic bag containing four hundred and seventy doses of synthetic drugs. The police also found a sum of Rs 48,000 which they suspect to be from the sale of the drug.
The suspect was taken to ADSU headquarters at Central Barracks for questioning. He was subsequently brought before the Port Louis court. As the police objected to his release, he was placed in the Alcatraz detention centre at the Central Barracks.
