More than 1,500 people have been arrested as the State of Emergency (SoE) enters its 45th day, according to the Trinidad and Tobago Police Service (TTPS).

In a statement yesterday, the TTPS said 1,588 persons have been arrested and 355 charged during the period, as part of intensified operations targeting priority offenders and organised criminal networks.

Police also reported that 258 detention orders have been approved, with 170 executed, figures that have already surpassed those recorded at the end of the previous State of Emergency, when 205 were approved and 153 carried out.