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Venezuelan authorities have arrested five people, including a 19-year-old man, in connection with human trafficking to Trinidad.

On February 25, media outlets Noti Codigo and Tane Tanae Noticias reported that the Strategic Intelligence Division (DIE) arrested the five in an operation in the Boca de Macareo sector of Tucupita, in the Delta Amacuro state.

The suspects, aged 19, 20, 27, 29 and 37, are accused of transporting Venezuelans to an unauthorised dock from which they attempted to sail to Trinidad.