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The Min­istry of Home­land Se­cu­ri­ty has is­sued three new Pre­ven­tive De­ten­tion Or­ders un­der the Emer­gency Pow­ers Reg­u­la­tions, 2025, tar­get­ing high-rank­ing mem­bers of or­gan­ised crime groups in T&T.

The or­ders, pub­lished in the Gov­ern­ment Gazette, were is­sued to pre­vent in­di­vid­u­als from act­ing in ways that could threat­en pub­lic safe­ty.

Ac­cord­ing to the Gazette, on Au­gust 21, Joel Plaza, al­so known as Jamol Plaza or “Pa­pi,” of Ari­ma, was placed un­der de­ten­tion.