STATE OF EMERGENCY: DAY EIGHT
Originally printed at
http://www.trinidadexpress.com/news/STATE-OF-EMERGENCY-DAY-EIGHT-128600503.htmlAugust 29, 2011
Police Commissioner Dwayne Gibbs has said 31 arrests were made between the hours of 8 a.m. yesterday and 8 a.m. today in exercises conducted by police and military forces.
He was speaking at today’s news briefing at the Ministry of National Security, Port of Spain, to provide updates on the state of emergency and curfew.
Of the 31 people arrested, five were gang related, six for drug related offences, 16 for other serious offences, one for breach of curfew, and two on outstanding warrants.
Gibbs said a total of 820 arrests have been made since the state of emergency was imposed, with 298 of them being gang related.
In his update on the operations of the Trinidad and Tobago Defence Force, Chief of Defence Staff Kenrick Maharaj said a number of mobile and foot patrols and stop and search exercises were conducted across Trinidad and Tobago.
Joint army/police operations were carried out in Buccoo, Glencoe, and Point Fortin. Those operations resulted in 36 vehicular searches being conducted which yielded nine arrests and the seizure of a quantity of marijuana, as well as the seizure of four cutlasses and batons.
Maharaj said three arrests for the possession of marijuana were also made in the Toco/Sangre Grande area.
Day Eight
31 arrests: 5 gang related, 6 drug related, 16 other serious offences, 1 for breach of curfew, and 2 on outstanding warrants.