Heavy po­lice and army pres­ence yes­ter­day formed part of the Point Fortin J'Ou­vert cel­e­bra­tions.

The heav­i­ly armed law en­force­ment of­fi­cers pa­trolled the streets on feet, in ve­hi­cles and hors­es short­ly be­fore dawn and be­fore the pa­rade of over 30 bands start­ed.

Even a hov­er­ing he­li­copter and drones mon­i­tored from the air through­out the ear­ly morn­ing on Sat­ur­day.

With more rev­ellers than spec­ta­tors this year, band lead­ers had lit­tle need for heavy se­cu­ri­ty in their bands.

The J'Ou­vert formed part of the Bor­ough's 39th-an­niver­sary cel­e­bra­tions, along­side Pan-on-the-Move, Schools Pan for Blue, the Miss Point Fortin Queen Pageant and Kaiso Un­plugged.

De­spite the late start, it was smooth sail­ing af­ter the bands be­gan to pa­rade the streets of Point Fortin.

An of­fi­cer at the Point Fortin Po­lice Sta­tion said the cel­e­bra­tion was in­ci­dent free.