By the Caribbean Journal staff
Trinidad’s limited State of Emergency continued today, with the government announcing the arrest of 22 gang leaders and members in a police exercise in East Port of Spain Tuesday afternoon.
“We are in this together,” Minister of National Security John Sandy said at a press conference. “We all have to contribute to the building of Trinidad and Tobago.”
As part of the wide-ranging powers under the Emergency Proclamation, anyone caught in the streets without a permit during Trinidad’s continuing nighttime curfew will be arrested.
Acting Commissioner of Police Stephen Williams said there had been no incidents of violence over the last 24 hours, and apologized to the challenges experienced by some in obtaining curfew permits.