National Security Minister stands ground on illegal flying squad unit

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – National Security Minister Austin “Jack” Warner Tuesday maintained that he had no knowledge of an illegal flying squad operating in Trinidad and Tobago and like the rest of the population he was “anxiously awaiting” the outcome of an investigation ordered by Prime Minister Kamla Persad Bissessar into the matter.
Warner, who has consistently denied knowledge of the squad headed by a retired senior police officer, Mervyn Cordner, told the Senate he was unaware Cordner had stated publicly that he and other persons with the full knowledge and approval of the Ministry of National Security established the flying squad unit “and set about some covert operations in crime fighting for and on behalf of the ministry and the people of Trinidad and Tobago.