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The Trinidad and To­ba­go Po­lice Ser­vice has ar­rest­ed sev­en sus­pects and cleared 12 crim­i­nal cas­es dur­ing an on­go­ing an­ti crime ex­er­cise aimed at pro­tect­ing vul­ner­a­ble in­di­vid­u­als.

The ex­er­cise, dubbed Op­er­a­tion Bea­con, be­gan at 9 am on Mon­day De­cem­ber 29, 2025, and is sched­uled to con­tin­ue un­til 9 am on Fri­day Jan­u­ary 2, 2026. Po­lice say the op­er­a­tion tar­gets of­fences against women and chil­dren and forms part of wider ef­forts to ad­dress se­ri­ous crime across Trinidad and To­ba­go.

Ac­cord­ing to the TTPS, the op­er­a­tion re­sult­ed in ar­rests and charges for of­fences rang­ing from sex­u­al as­sault to kid­nap­ping and rob­bery. In to­tal, po­lice cleared 12 cas­es dur­ing the ex­er­cise.