Some 16 per­sons were ar­rest­ed for breach of the cur­few and oth­er of­fences in the Cen­tral and South­ern Di­vi­sions on Sun­day Au­gust 1st.

Ac­cord­ing to of­fi­cial po­lice re­ports, the 16 were held in an­ti-crime ex­er­cis­es by of­fi­cers of var­i­ous Task Forces and Po­lice Sta­tions, which were con­duct­ed in Princes Town, St. Mar­garet’s, Cou­va, Freeport, and Ch­agua­nas, on Sun­day.

A re­lease from the Po­lice Ser­vice re­ports that in Princes Town, an ex­er­cise con­duct­ed be­tween 7:40 pm and 11:30 pm re­sult­ed in the ar­rest of four per­sons for breach of the cur­few, ages 18 to 56 years of age. One of the per­sons was al­so charged for re­sist­ing ar­rest and as­sault­ing a po­lice of­fi­cer.

In St. Mar­garet’s, of­fi­cers con­duct­ed an ex­er­cise be­tween 12:30 am and 3 am on the same date, and ar­rest­ed four per­sons, ages 20 to 51 years, for breach of the cur­few.

Mean­while, road­block ex­er­cis­es were con­duct­ed at var­i­ous lo­ca­tions in Cou­va and Freeport be­tween 9 am and 11 pm, spear­head­ed by Supt. Pierre. The TTPS re­ports that dur­ing the ex­er­cis­es, eight per­sons were held for var­i­ous of­fences in­clud­ing breach of the cur­few, con­sum­ing al­co­hol in a pub­lic place, dri­ving with­out a dri­ver’s per­mit and cer­tifi­cate of in­sur­ance, as well as pos­ses­sion of co­caine.

In­ves­ti­ga­tions are on­go­ing.