Eight suspects of sexual violence and related offences were arrested in a five-day anti-crime exercise undertaken by the TTPS Special Victims Department (SVD) across all police division in TT.

The arrests were for 14 outstanding offences, such as attempted murder, rape, sexual penetration, grievous sexual assault, kidnapping, and domestic violence-related crimes, the TTPS announced in a statement on November 27.

The SVD carried out the exercise between November 20-25 as it sought to clear outstanding investigations related to sexual violence, domestic abuse, and serious offences against vulnerable persons.