16 money laundering charges laid against Allan Warner’s quarry company

2026-03-19 - 01:44

Tobago Correspondent Warns Quarry Company Limited, a subsidiary of the Warner Group founded by Allan Warner, has been hit with 16 counts of money laundering. Police said Warner, a director of the company, was served a summons at his Woodbrook home yesterday morning. The charges, laid on March 5, follow financial investigations into alleged illegal quarrying. The matter is scheduled to be heard in court on April 27. Warns Quarry Company, registered at 191 Milford Road, Scarborough, has been in operation for 20 years. Guardian Media visited the address yesterday, which also houses another Warner business, but there was no activity at the site. Warner’s legal troubles are not new. In July 2024, he was charged with processing minerals without a licence and granted $100,000 bail.That case remains before the court. Two months earlier, his son Aluko Ato Warner was among eight people charged with the same offence following police raids at an aggregate mining plant in Wallerfield and another quarry in Sangre Grande. In August 2024, the High Court froze the assets of Warns Quarry Company and Prest-Con Ltd under the Proceeds of Crime Act. The Warner Group applied to have its multi-million-dollar quarrying equipment returned, but Justice Frank Seepersad dismissed the application. The Court of Appeal upheld the ruling one month later. On March 28, 2025, Warns Quarry Company and Prest-Con sought intervention from the Privy Council. Legal issues for Warner continued this year. On March 12, First Citizens filed a claim for $15 million owed by Inez Investments. Warner is a longtime associate of former prime minister Dr Keith Rowley.