19 arrested in weekend police operations

Po­lice ar­rest­ed 19 peo­ple and seized drugs, weapons, sus­pect­ed am­mu­ni­tion and house­break­ing im­ple­ments dur­ing sep­a­rate op­er­a­tions over the week­end in the South­ern, West­ern and East­ern Di­vi­sions.

In two re­leas­es is­sued yes­ter­day, the Trinidad and To­ba­go Po­lice Ser­vice re­port­ed 13 ar­rests dur­ing a 24-hour South­ern Di­vi­sion ex­er­cise un­der Op­er­a­tion RES­OLUTE Shield.

The of­fences in­clud­ed pos­ses­sion of co­caine, cannabis and weapons, ob­scene lan­guage and re­sist­ing ar­rest. The weapons in­clud­ed an ice pick, a flick knife and a knife.