Ten detained under PDOs over alleged organised crime links

Ten peo­ple have been de­tained un­der Pre­ven­tive De­ten­tion Or­ders (PDOs), with the or­ders al­leg­ing links to or­gan­ised crime groups in­volved in firearms of­fences, ex­tor­tion, vi­o­lent rob­beries, hu­man traf­fick­ing and planned at­tacks.

The de­ten­tion or­ders, is­sued by Min­is­ter of Home­land Se­cu­ri­ty Roger Alexan­der be­tween Ju­ly 17 and Ju­ly 23 un­der the Emer­gency Pow­ers Reg­u­la­tions, 2026, name al­leged gang lead­ers, en­forcers, shoot­ers and fa­cil­i­ta­tors across Trinidad and To­ba­go.

The most re­cent or­ders tar­get in­di­vid­u­als al­leged­ly linked to crim­i­nal ac­tiv­i­ty in To­ba­go, Lopinot, Clax­ton Bay, Pe­nal, John John, Mara­bel­la and Gon­za­les Vil­lage.

Among those de­tained is Odie Cum­mings, of Cour­land Bush Trace, Black Rock, To­ba­go, who au­thor­i­ties iden­ti­fied as the al­leged leader and chief plan­ner of an or­gan­ised crime group op­er­at­ing in To­ba­go.

The or­der al­leges the group has ac­cess to firearms and am­mu­ni­tion and is in­volved in armed rob­beries, break-ins, lar­ce­ny and wit­ness in­tim­i­da­tion.

Al­so de­tained is Kwasi Cum­mings, al­so known as “Kil­lo G,” of Cour­land Bush Trace, Black Rock, To­ba­go.

The or­der al­leges he is an ac­tive mem­ber of the same or­gan­ised crime group and pro­vid­ed trans­porta­tion for the group.

In cen­tral Trinidad, Shaquille Al­cala, al­so known as “Top­py” and “Shaqs,” of Clax­ton Bay, was de­tained.

Au­thor­i­ties al­lege Al­cala is the leader of an or­gan­ised crime group op­er­at­ing in the Clax­ton Bay area and en­vi­rons.

The or­der al­leges the group is in­volved in ex­tor­tion, traf­fick­ing firearms, am­mu­ni­tion and il­le­gal nar­cotics, de­mand­ing mon­ey by men­ace, at­tempt­ed mur­der and con­spir­a­cy to com­mit mur­der.

Two men al­leged­ly con­nect­ed to the Mar­ket Hill Gang were al­so de­tained.

Amir Forbes, al­so known as “Ma­ka,” of New Grant, Pe­nal and Palmiste, was iden­ti­fied in the or­der as a shoot­er for the gang.

Au­thor­i­ties al­lege the gang is in­volved in armed rob­bery, shoot­ings, mur­der for hire, traf­fick­ing firearms and am­mu­ni­tion and the pos­ses­sion of pro­hib­it­ed items in­clud­ing bul­let­proof vests.

Vikash Seemu­n­gal, al­so known as Vikash Seemu­n­gal Deo and “Twen­ty,” of Pe­nal, was al­so de­tained.

The or­der al­leges he is a fa­cil­i­ta­tor for the Mar­ket Hill Gang and links him to a re­cent armed rob­bery and planned at­tacks against ri­val gang mem­bers.

An­oth­er PDO was is­sued for Isa­iah Si­mon, of Lopinot Road, Arou­ca, who au­thor­i­ties al­lege is an en­forcer for an or­gan­ised crime group op­er­at­ing in the Lopinot area.

The or­ders al­so in­clude al­le­ga­tions of a hu­man traf­fick­ing net­work.

Ti­tus Joseph Iere Dubois, of Pe­tit Val­ley and Char­lieville, was de­tained un­der a PDO, with au­thor­i­ties al­leg­ing he was the leader of an or­gan­ised hu­man traf­fick­ing net­work op­er­at­ing be­tween Trinidad and To­ba­go.

The or­der al­leges the net­work re­cruit­ed, trans­port­ed, har­boured and sex­u­al­ly ex­ploit­ed vul­ner­a­ble women and mi­nors for fi­nan­cial gain.

It fur­ther al­leges Dubois co­or­di­nat­ed the move­ment of vic­tims be­tween Trinidad and To­ba­go and ex­er­cised con­trol over per­sons be­ing ex­ploit­ed.

In south Trinidad, Paras­ram De­onar­ine, al­so known as “Raj,” of Mara­bel­la, was de­tained over al­le­ga­tions of a con­spir­a­cy to ac­quire firearms and am­mu­ni­tion and com­mit ex­tor­tion and mur­der.

The or­der al­leges De­onar­ine or­gan­ised and planned at­tacks, arranged sur­veil­lance of a po­ten­tial vic­tim and was in­volved in ef­forts to ob­tain firearms and am­mu­ni­tion.

Rea­gan Cam­bridge, al­so known as Ja­son Charles, of Gon­za­les Vil­lage, Bel­mont, was al­so de­tained un­der a PDO.

Au­thor­i­ties al­lege he was part of the same firearms, ex­tor­tion and mur­der con­spir­a­cy and de­scribed him as the shoot­er in planned at­tacks.

A PDO was al­so is­sued for Neon Roberts, al­so known as Neron Roberts and “Blaze,” of John John, Port-of-Spain.

The or­der pro­vid­ed de­tails of his de­ten­tion, but the sec­tion out­lin­ing the spe­cif­ic grounds was not in­clud­ed in the copy re­viewed.

All ten in­di­vid­u­als were or­dered de­tained at cor­rec­tion­al fa­cil­i­ties, in­clud­ing the East­ern Cor­rec­tion­al Re­ha­bil­i­ta­tion Cen­tre in San­ta Rosa, Ari­ma, or oth­er lo­ca­tions di­rect­ed by the min­is­ter.