POLICE intelligence reveals that rogue cops and soldiers link up with drug traffickers and criminals to rescue drugs seized in police raids back into the underworld.

And soldiers are selling their uniforms to bandits to earn extra cash.

Following the last two police raids, where army uniforms were seized along with guns and ammunition, a soldier is now in detention at Camp Ogden, over an allegation that he traded his uniform with a bandit for a cellular phone.

In the two raids in Laventille last week police seized a cache or arms and army kits, comprising of “fat” jackets, boots, tie straps, ski masks and bulletproof vests.

These vests are now said to be coming in cocaine shipments, along with guns and ammunition.

No one was held in the two raids.

Sources said that if the allegation is proven the soldier will be discharged from the army.

TnT Mirror was told that when certain police officers go out on raids and seize drugs and jewellery, only a small amount is taken to the station.

The rogue cops sell the cocaine and marijuana to drug traffickers.

In other cases, when small amounts are seized, the rogues allow pushers to go free.

The officers keep the drugs and pass them on to certain drug traffickers who are on their payroll, intelligence sources said.

Police sources said that during a recent raid on a house at Achong Trace, Tunapuna, where 340 kilos or compressed marijuana was seized, two crocus bags with “weed” were left hidden behind.

A few hours later, a marked police vehicle with officers went back to the house and took away the bags.

Intelligence reports reveal that the marijuana worth about $20,000 ended up in the hands of a Port of Spain drug dealer.

It was learnt that when bandits snatch or steal jewellery, some of the loot is passed on to their police friends, so as to “kill” the investigation.

The cops give their close friends in jewel shops the gold to make expensive chains and ID bands.

They either wear or sell them.

A number of persons charged with drug offences have claimed that the police did not produced the “real amount” seized as court exhibit.

A senior officer told Mirror police have been hearing about these reports for some time now, but people are not coming forward to give information.

One officer said that criminals have established their own communication system through cellphones, which is proving difficult to curb criminal activities.