An es­caped de­tainee from the Im­mi­gra­tion De­ten­tion Cen­tre (IDC) has been re­cap­tured fol­low­ing an in­tel­li­gence-led op­er­a­tion by the Trinidad and To­ba­go Po­lice Ser­vice (TTPS) in Arou­ca.

The sus­pect, iden­ti­fied as Edin­son Maltin Al­cala Larosa of Thomas Trace, Arou­ca, was ar­rest­ed dur­ing Op­er­a­tion R.E.S.O.L.U.T.E. SHIELD, which was car­ried out in the East­ern Dis­trict of the North Cen­tral Di­vi­sion be­tween 5 p.m. and 9 p.m. on Tues­day.

Ac­cord­ing to a TTPS me­dia re­lease, of­fi­cers act­ed on in­tel­li­gence that led them to Hil­da Trace, Arou­ca, where they con­duct­ed covert sur­veil­lance on a gal­vanised struc­ture along the road­way.