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Five men have been placed under preventive detention orders over a four-day period, as the State continues to invoke provisions of the Emergency Powers Regulations, 2026, to disrupt gang activity and violent crime.
The orders, issued between March 15 and March 18, targeted individuals allegedly involved in organised criminal groups operating across north, Port-of-Spain and south Trinidad.
On March 15, a detention order was issued for Shaquille “Jobe” Quamie Jobe, of La Horquetta. Authorities alleged he “has been credibly identified as a member of the La Horquetta Phase 7 Muslim gang” and that he and others “have recently executed a series of serious firearm-related violent incidents.” The order further claimed they “plan to imminently carry out reprisal shootings against gang rivals using high-powered firearms.”
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