PRIME MINISTER KAMLA PERSAD BISSESSAR IS AGAIN CAUTIONING SECTIONS OF THE COUNTRY, ARE IN FOCUS.

SHE SAYS, HE GOVERNMENT IS GOING AFTER THOSE SHE DESCRIBES AS THE WEALTHY DRUG MAFIA OPERATING IN WESTMOORINGS, ST. CLAIR AND FEDERATION PARK.

PRIME MINISTER PERSAD BISSESSAR CLAIMS, SUCH PERSONS ARE FLOODING TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO WITH ILLGAL DRUGS AND GUNS.

SHE SAYS, THE SEPTEMBER 17TH END OF THE OF THE STATE OF EMERGENCY DOES NOT MEAN THE END OF THE GOVERNMENT’S AGGRESSIVE FIGHT, AGAINST CRIME.

ON SOCIAL MEDIA YESTERDAY, THE PRIME MINISTER SAID, 5,802 PEOPLE WERE ARRESTED AND 3,552 CHARGED DURING THE SIX-MONTH SECURITY OPERATION.

THE INFORMATION, CONTAINED IN A DOCUMENT MARKED “SECRET” BREAKS DOWN THE NUMBER OF ARRESTS, CRIMINAL CHARGES AND PREVENTIVE DETENTION ORDERS DURING THE S.O.E.

THE CLASSIFIED SUBMISSION COVERS THE PERIOD MARCH 3RD TO SEPTEMBER 10TH, 2026 AND PROVIDES A BREAKDOWN OF THE TYPES OF OFFENCES WITH WHICH PEOPLE WERE CHARGED.

THE PRIME MINISTER INDICATED THAT THE “OPERATIONAL RESULTS” ARE THOSE RECORDED AS, OF DAY 191 OF THE SOE.

THE REPORT STATED THAT 574 PDOS WERE EXECUTED, WITH 240 OF THOSE DETAINEES SUBSEQUENTLY REPORTED AS CHARGED.

THE FIGURES WERE SHARED BY MRS. PERSAD-BISSESSAR AS THE GOVERNMENT PREPARES TO BRING THE SOE TO AN END ON, SEPTEMBER 17TH.

THE DOCUMENT STATES THAT IT WAS PREPARED IN RESPONSE TO AN “URGENT REQUEST” FOR THE CURRENT POSITION CONCERNING PEOPLE ARRESTED AND CHARGED, INCLUDING THE CATEGORIES OF CRIMES FOR WHICH CHARGES WERE LAID, AS WELL AS PEOPLE DETAINED UNDER PDOS AND THE NUMBER SUBSEQUENTLY CHARGED.

THE IDENTITY OF THE PERSON OR OFFICE MAKING THE URGENT REQUEST, IS REDACTED FROM THE DOCUMENT RELEASED BY THE PRIME MINISTER.