ATTORNEY General John Jeremie said the efforts of a criminal gang syndicate against the forces of law and order went so far as to aerially infiltrate two army bases housing top gang leaders by using drones.

He made this disclosure and several other stark revelations as he moved a motion to extend the current state of emergency (SoE) which was declared on July 18 by a further three months, speaking in the House of Representatives on July 28. All 39 MPs present voted unanimously to extend the SoE, with Speaker Jagdeo Singh supporting House Leader Barry Padarath's call for a division over objections by Port of South MP Keith Scotland who said no opposition MP had shouted "no" on the initial vote.

The SoE was declared by President Christine Kangaloo after Commissioner of Police (CoP) Allister Guevarro detailed an amalgamation of gangs that had drawn up a hit-list of public officials working in the criminal justice system, saying the criminal network extended both within and outside of TT's prisons.