A new Pre­ven­tive De­ten­tion Or­der has been is­sued against Elvis Ryan Lopez, al­so known as “Pig­gy” and “Pig,” who au­thor­i­ties have linked to an in­for­mal gang op­er­at­ing in Moru­ga, St Mary’s and sur­round­ing ar­eas.

The or­der al­leges that Lopez is an en­forcer for the group, which in­tel­li­gence has linked to firearms and am­mu­ni­tion traf­fick­ing, il­le­gal nar­cotics, armed home in­va­sions and shoot­ings. Lopez is al­so linked with boat op­er­a­tors and oth­ers in­volved in im­port­ing and dis­trib­ut­ing firearms, am­mu­ni­tion and il­le­gal nar­cotics.

In an­oth­er PDO, Shur­land Irvine, al­so known as “Bu­ju,” of Black Rock and Mt Pleas­ant, To­ba­go, was or­dered de­tained at the East­ern Cor­rec­tion­al Re­ha­bil­i­ta­tion Cen­tre in San­ta Rosa, Ari­ma.