TTPS: Operation Beacon nets seven arrests, clears 12 cases

The Trinidad and To­ba­go Po­lice Ser­vice has ar­rest­ed sev­en sus­pects and cleared 12 crim­i­nal cas­es dur­ing an on­go­ing an­ti crime ex­er­cise aimed at pro­tect­ing vul­ner­a­ble in­di­vid­u­als.

The ex­er­cise, dubbed Op­er­a­tion Bea­con, be­gan at 9 am on Mon­day De­cem­ber 29, 2025, and is sched­uled to con­tin­ue un­til 9 am on Fri­day Jan­u­ary 2, 2026. Po­lice say the op­er­a­tion tar­gets of­fences against women and chil­dren and forms part of wider ef­forts to ad­dress se­ri­ous crime across Trinidad and To­ba­go.

Ac­cord­ing to the TTPS, the op­er­a­tion re­sult­ed in ar­rests and charges for of­fences rang­ing from sex­u­al as­sault to kid­nap­ping and rob­bery. In to­tal, po­lice cleared 12 cas­es dur­ing the ex­er­cise.

Op­er­a­tion Bea­con was spear­head­ed by Deputy Com­mis­sion­er of Po­lice Natasha George, As­sis­tant Com­mis­sion­er of Po­lice Smith, Se­nior Su­per­in­ten­dent Win­ston Ma­haraj, and Se­nior Su­per­in­ten­dent Bri­an Ram­phall. Su­per­in­ten­dent Dar­ryl Ram­dass co­or­di­nat­ed the ini­tia­tive, with as­sis­tance from W Asp Avril Fran­cis.

Po­lice say the ex­er­cise was con­duct­ed with­out in­ci­dent.

In the Cen­tral Di­vi­sion, un­der Re­gion 2, of­fi­cers made one ar­rest and laid one charge in con­nec­tion with a sex­u­al of­fence in­volv­ing a child.

In the South West­ern and South­ern Di­vi­sions, which fall un­der Re­gion 3, po­lice made two ar­rests and laid two charges for sex­u­al pen­e­tra­tion of­fences.

In Re­gion 4, the North­ern Di­vi­sion, of­fi­cers ar­rest­ed one sus­pect for sex­u­al com­mu­ni­ca­tion with a mi­nor, and in­ves­ti­ga­tions are con­tin­u­ing.

In the To­ba­go Di­vi­sion, Re­gion 6, po­lice ar­rest­ed three sus­pects and laid three charges for of­fences in­clud­ing kid­nap­ping, rob­bery with vi­o­lence, as­sault, in­de­cent as­sault, in­cit­ing a child to en­gage in sex­u­al ac­tiv­i­ty, and threats to kill.

The TTPS pro­vid­ed a break­down of the of­fences ad­dressed dur­ing the op­er­a­tion. These in­clude four counts of sex­u­al pen­e­tra­tion, one count of in­cit­ing a child to en­gage in sex­u­al ac­tiv­i­ty, one count of sex­u­al touch­ing, one count of sex­u­al com­mu­ni­ca­tion, one count of in­de­cent as­sault, one count of as­sault by beat­ing, one count of kid­nap­ping, one count of rob­bery with vi­o­lence, and one count of threats to kill.

The Po­lice Ser­vice is en­cour­ag­ing mem­bers of the pub­lic to re­port in­ci­dents of abuse or crim­i­nal ac­tiv­i­ty and says in­ves­ti­ga­tions in­to sev­er­al mat­ters are still on­go­ing.