PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, Dec. 8, CMC – An investigation has been launched into the circumstances surrounding the disappearance of a contained filled with cheese from the Port of Spain Port last week.

The Port Authority’s Security Department will be conducting the investigation.

The police report that the container with cheese, valued at over TT$750,000 arrived here last week and when officials completed transactions to clear the container, they discovered that it was missing.

A report was made to the Port security department and an investigation was initiated to ascertain how persons were able to leave the compound of the Port Authority without the necessary documents.

Investigators believe that persons used false documents to remove the container and that the cheese will be sold to unscrupulous business people at bargain prices.