Eleven in­di­vid­u­als have been charged fol­low­ing an in­ter­cep­tion by the Trinidad and To­ba­go Coast Guard off the Erin coast on April 3, 2026.

The group was de­tained dur­ing a mar­itime op­er­a­tion and lat­er hand­ed over to po­lice.

In­ves­ti­ga­tions were con­duct­ed and charges were laid for im­mi­gra­tion-re­lat­ed of­fences.

Po­lice said the in­di­vid­u­als are aged be­tween 19 and 44 years. The group in­cludes eight males and three fe­males. Au­thor­i­ties al­lege the in­di­vid­u­als are Venezue­lan na­tion­als.

Nine of the ac­cused have been charged with Il­le­gal En­try. Two oth­ers have been charged with Il­le­gal En­try and Aid­ing and Abet­ting.

All eleven in­di­vid­u­als are ex­pect­ed to ap­pear be­fore the court in re­la­tion to the charges.

The Trinidad and To­ba­go Po­lice Ser­vice stat­ed it con­tin­ues to work with the Trinidad and To­ba­go Coast Guard and oth­er agen­cies on bor­der se­cu­ri­ty op­er­a­tions and en­force­ment.

Po­lice al­so re­mind­ed the pub­lic that as­sist­ing or fa­cil­i­tat­ing il­le­gal en­try in­to Trinidad and To­ba­go is an of­fence un­der the law.

The TTPS warns that per­sons found en­gag­ing in such ac­tiv­i­ties will be charged.

It says the in­ter­cep­tion forms part of on­go­ing op­er­a­tions tar­get­ing il­le­gal en­try in­to the coun­try.