The Coast Guard has cracked down on a par­ty in­volv­ing 36 peo­ple Down The Is­lands.

A state­ment by the Coast Guard said that on Sun­day, while con­duct­ing rou­tine mar­itime pa­trols, the Trinidad and To­ba­go Coast Guard (TTCG) dis­cov­ered a par­ty in progress in the Scot­land Bay area.

A to­tal 36 per­sons were de­tained and es­cort­ed to TTCG head­quar­ters Staubles Bay where they were hand­ed over to mem­bers of the Trinidad and To­ba­go Po­lice Ser­vice (TTPS).

All de­tainees were ad­vised by the TTPS that they were in breach of the Pub­lic Health Or­di­nance and will be served sum­mons to an­swer the nec­es­sary charges.

The TTCG is re­mind­ing all cit­i­zens and oth­er mar­itime users that, in ac­cor­dance with cur­rent Pub­lic Health Reg­u­la­tions, it is il­le­gal to be a part of any gath­er­ing ex­ceed­ing ten (10) per­sons whilst en­gaged in any ma­rine ac­tiv­i­ty.