Policeman arrested for threatening to kill wife, child

PORT OF SPAIN (CMC):

A police officer attached to the Valencia Criminal Investigations Department has been arrested after allegedly making threats to kill his wife and their two-year-old daughter.

According to a statement from the Trinidad and Tobago Police Service (TTPS), the woman reported that she was at the Sangre Grande home of her mother in the company of her daughter around 8:20 p.m. on Wednesday, when her 31-year-old husband arrived and took the child away.

She said she called him on his mobile phone and during the conversation, he made threats to kill her and the child.

A report was made to the Sangre Grande Police Station and an investigation was launched into the incident.

The suspect was later arrested by officers of the Gender-Based Violence Unit. The TTPS said a firearm and a firearm users’ licence were taken from him.