17 held in PoS anti-crime exercise

According to reports, officers under the supervision of Snr Supt Radcliffe Boxhill and led by ASP Ajit Persad and including Sgt Anthony Williams along with PCs Sookwah, Persad and Perkins carried out the 12-hour exercise on the Promenade and the Plannings in Port-of-Spain where the 17 people were arrested.

Similar exercises were carried out in the city, prior to the Christmas period last year and the exercises continued throughout January and early February. Senior officers told Newsday that the exercises are meant to deal with illicit activities in the city and to rid the streets of crime.