A to­tal of 21 peo­ple were ar­rest­ed on Thurs­day in the north­ern and south­ern di­vi­sions, dur­ing on­go­ing State of Emer­gency (SoE) op­er­a­tions.

Among them were 11 sus­pects, whose ages ranged be­tween 19 to 44, who were held for gang-re­lat­ed of­fences.

The in­tel­li­gence-led ex­er­cise was con­duct­ed be­tween 3 pm and 7 pm on Thurs­day in Ari­ma, Waller­field, Gua­napo and Mal­abar by of­fi­cers of the Ari­ma Crim­i­nal In­ves­ti­ga­tions De­part­ment, Guard and Emer­gency Branch, and the Mu­nic­i­pal Po­lice.