With J’Ou­vert cel­e­bra­tions just hours away, se­nior po­lice are once again warn­ing the pub­lic not to bring weapons in­to the cap­i­tal, as of­fi­cers will im­me­di­ate­ly ar­rest any­one found with such items.

As­sis­tant Com­mis­sion­er of Po­lice Garvin Hen­ry, who has re­spon­si­bil­i­ty for the North-West Di­vi­sion, which cov­ers Port of Spain and the West­ern Di­vi­sion, told Guardian Me­dia that rev­ellers found with weapons would face ar­rest and of­fi­cers would ac­cept no ex­cus­es.

Over the years, of­fi­cers have con­fis­cat­ed a quan­ti­ty of weapons from peo­ple dis­em­bark­ing maxi taxis at City Gate in down­town Port of Spain ear­ly on Car­ni­val Mon­day, as po­lice usu­al­ly be­gin search­ing peo­ple en­ter­ing the city for J’Ou­vert at that point.