Of­fi­cers from the Guard and Emer­gency Branch (GEB), to­geth­er with the Port-of-Spain Di­vi­sion, con­duct­ed a joint ex­er­cise with prison staff at the Port-of-Spain Re­mand Fa­cil­i­ty on Thurs­day af­ter­noon to search for unau­tho­rised items among in­mates.

Sources con­firmed that the search­es be­gan just af­ter mid­day, al­though it was un­clear at the time of re­port­ing whether any con­tra­band had been seized.

Po­lice em­pha­sised that such ex­er­cis­es are rou­tine, con­duct­ed at pris­ons na­tion­wide to strength­en se­cu­ri­ty arrange­ments.