Po­lice of­fi­cers in the Port-of-Spain Di­vi­sion con­tin­ued the search yes­ter­day for sev­er­al men af­ter Pre­ven­tive De­ten­tion Or­ders (PDO) un­der the State of Emer­gency were is­sued for them.

The men are Ka­reem King; Nathaniel “Shir­ty” Shep­pherd; Raphael “Plup­py” St Rose; Khalfi­ni “Kosi” Smith; Kyle “Dra­co” Far­rell; Maliq “Mad Dog” Fer­di­nand; Nir­mal Ma­hadeo and Ter­rence “Ice” Mal­oney.

The PDOs, signed un­der the Emer­gency Pow­ers Reg­u­la­tions 2025, au­tho­rised the ar­rest of in­di­vid­u­als be­lieved to be in­volved in vi­o­lent crim­i­nal ac­tiv­i­ty, in­clud­ing an al­leged plot to car­ry out an as­sas­si­na­tion in Barataria.