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18 held in Southern Division

23 March 2025
This content originally appeared on News Day - Trinidad and Tobago.
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Southern Division police arrested 18 people for various offences in an anti-crime operation on March 21.

The operation took place in the San Fernando district between 4 am and 9 am.

Officers from the San Fernando police station and La Romaine police post arrested ten people for offences such as possessing ammunition and marijuana and for larceny of a car.

The officers also seized five rounds of .45 ammunition and four rounds of 5.56 ammunition.

In a separate intelligence-led operation, eight more people were arrested for possessing 63 grammes of marijuana, 23 grammes of cocaine, camouflage clothing and ammunition and for using obscene language.

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Snr Supt Kirk, Supt Singh, ASP Ramsaran, Insp Maharaj, and Sgt Nandlal co-ordinated the operation, which Sgt Seecharan and Cpl Huggins led.

Investigations are ongoing.