An­na-Lisa Paul

Se­nior Re­porter

an­na-lisa.paul@guardian.co.tt

Of­fi­cials with­in the T&T Po­lice Ser­vice (TTPS) have dis­missed claims that a cur­few has been en­forced at Ri­fle Hill, Bel­mont, by mem­bers of the Six Gang.

The de­nial fol­lowed a so­cial me­dia post yes­ter­day that warned, “The fel­las from the 6 Gang in rif­fle hill give Bel­mont a cur­few. They say­ing any­one un­der 35 they find out­side af­ter hours get­ting it.”

Con­tact­ed yes­ter­day, a se­nior of­fi­cial with­in the Port-of-Spain Di­vi­sion said while they were aware of the post, there was no ev­i­dence to prove there was any mer­it to it.

In­di­cat­ing that the post was one way to cre­ate mis­chief and pan­ic, the of­fi­cial said, “Based on in­tel­li­gence, there is noth­ing to state that any cur­few was put in place.”

Snr Supt of the Port-of-Spain Di­vi­sion, Ali Mo­hammed, told Guardian Me­dia, “My of­fi­cers, to­geth­er with the CID, the IATF and the GEB, will be con­tin­u­ing pa­trols in the Bel­mont area, but not be­cause of the post.”

He added, “Based on the re­cent spate of mur­ders, we ini­ti­at­ed a plan where­by our pres­ence will be felt.”

Mo­hammed ad­vised res­i­dents to go about their dai­ly rou­tine.

The sit­u­a­tion de­vel­oped hours af­ter Kevin Granger was killed while stand­ing near the St Fran­cois Val­ley Road Plan­nings around 5.45 pm Tues­day.

Po­lice said a black Nis­san Teana drove up to Granger and three gun­men got out and shot him sev­er­al times be­fore get­ting back in­to the car and es­cap­ing.

Passers-by took Granger to the Port-of-Spain Gen­er­al Hos­pi­tal, where he was de­clared dead.

Of­fi­cers of the Port of Spain Task Force found the get­away car aban­doned at the cor­ner of Siparia Hill and Bel­grave Street. In­side the car, po­lice found three spent 5.56 shells. At the crime scene, po­lice found 15 spent 5.56 shells.

The ve­hi­cle was towed to a po­lice sta­tion where fur­ther analy­ses will be done by crime scene in­ves­ti­ga­tors.

Granger’s death came one day af­ter Kevon Moses was gunned down out­side the Bel­mont Po­lice Sta­tion mo­ments af­ter he was re­leased from cus­tody.

Po­lice from the Homi­cide Bu­reau of In­ves­ti­ga­tions Re­gion I are in­ves­ti­gat­ing both killings.

In a re­sponse to the is­sue yes­ter­day, the TTPS com­mu­ni­ca­tions unit ac­knowl­edged that po­lice were cur­rent­ly ad­dress­ing vi­o­lent ac­tiv­i­ty in the Port-of-Spain Di­vi­sion.

It said of­fi­cers had been de­ployed on the ground to ad­dress the is­sue and se­cu­ri­ty mea­sures were al­so im­ple­ment­ed to ad­dress any re­ports of vi­o­lence in the Bel­mont area.