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By Aurax Radio | July 11, 2026 | 2 min read
Trinidad and Tobago's Attorney General has referred the proposed granting of approximately 450 acres of State land to Blue Waters Products Ltd to police for investigation after Cabinet rescinded earlier approvals for three leases. The move has intensified scrutiny of a long-running land matter involving one of the country's largest beverage companies.
Blue Waters Products Ltd has said it spent years pursuing formal lease agreements for State land linked to its operations.
The Government has withdrawn previous decisions to grant three State land leases to Blue Waters Products Ltd and referred the matter to the Commissioner of Police for investigation. The leases involve about 450 acres at Orange Grove Estate in central Trinidad, land that the company has occupied while pursuing formal lease agreements with the State. Correspondence from the Attorney General's office and the Ministry of Lands and Legal Affairs informed the company that Cabinet had rescinded the approvals and that investigators would examine the circumstances surrounding the proposed leases.
Court filings submitted by Blue Waters contend that the company spent nearly two decades seeking formal approval for the leases through successive governments. According to the documents, Blue Waters acquired interests connected to the property in 2007 and continued discussions with State agencies under multiple administrations. The company says it received an offer letter from the Commissioner of State Lands in 2022, formally accepted the terms and later paid the required premiums and processing fees. However, the leases were never executed, leaving the legal status of the company's occupation of the land at the center of the dispute.
The Orange Grove Estate issue has become part of a broader public debate over the management and allocation of State lands in Trinidad and Tobago. Government officials have not publicly detailed the specific matters being examined by investigators, while Blue Waters has maintained that it acted in accordance with the approvals and processes communicated by State authorities. The outcome of the police investigation could help determine whether any irregularities occurred in the handling of the proposed leases and may influence future policies governing State land transactions.
Sources: Information for this report was provided by the Trinidad Express, Guardian Media, CNC3 and publicly available court filings.