Two men were ar­rest­ed dur­ing an an­ti-ex­tor­tion ex­er­cise con­duct­ed by the Trinidad and To­ba­go Po­lice Ser­vice in the Cen­tral Di­vi­sion on Tues­day.

Po­lice said the op­er­a­tion took place be­tween 2:00 a.m. and 6:00 a.m. as of­fi­cers of the An­ti-Ex­tor­tion Unit car­ried out a tar­get­ed ex­er­cise aimed at dis­rupt­ing ac­tiv­i­ties linked to ex­tor­tion.

Dur­ing the ex­er­cise, of­fi­cers ar­rest­ed two in­di­vid­u­als for the of­fence of de­mand­ing mon­ey with men­aces. Po­lice iden­ti­fied them as a 32-year-old man of Hall Street, Todd’s Road, Ca­paro and a 38-year-old man of Todd’s Road, Ca­paro Val­ley Road, Bras­so.