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There have been 1,282 ar­rests by the po­lice since the State of Emer­gency (SoE) was de­clared on Ju­ly 18.

Sta­tis­tics from the TTPS yes­ter­day al­so showed that of­fi­cers car­ried out more than 3000 an­ti-crime op­er­a­tions. Among those de­tained so far are Prison Su­per­vi­sor Garth Gua­da and a po­lice cor­po­ral. Au­thor­i­ties al­so con­firmed that Ra­jaee and Hamid Ali were moved to mil­i­tary de­ten­tion fa­cil­i­ties. Of­fi­cers al­so seized 92 firearms, over 1,200 rounds of am­mu­ni­tion, 6,752 grams of co­caine, 216,625 grams of cannabis, more than 1,000 ec­sta­sy pills, 15 grams of MD­MA, as well as quan­ti­ties of LSD, dried mush­rooms, 80 cannabis plants, and 30 seedlings.

Prime Min­is­ter Kam­la Per­sad-Bisses­sar, speak­ing at the clos­ing cer­e­mo­ny of the JA­VA Com­mu­ni­ty Crick­et Pro­gramme in Pe­nal yes­ter­day, de­fend­ed the emer­gency mea­sures, in­clud­ing con­cerns about the ar­rest of se­cu­ri­ty of­fi­cials.