Fourteen persons have been arrested by officers of the Major Operations Unit (MOU) for Breach of Covid-19 Regulations during an anti-crime exercise conducted in the Northern Divisions on Tuesday.
Based on information received and surveillance conducted during the hours of 1:00 pm to 6:00 pm, officers proceeded to two restaurants, one in Tacarigua and one in El Dorado.
They also visited a bar in Tacarigua.
Twenty-five cases of alcoholic beverages and a quantity of cash used for illegal gaming were seized.
Fourteen people were arrested.
They are:
- Rishi Ramkissoon, 69
- Lester Bascillo, 36
- Dexter Naipaul, 36
- Johnson Nicholason, 49
- Aziz Shah, 63
- Jing Feng Ye, 41
- Wayne Jordan, 55
- Avalon Kalloo, 52
- Randell Forster, 19
- Xan Wen Li, 28
- Ginnele Peters, 32
- Bhanoomanie Bhajan Hamza, 37
- Kary Sambrano, 25
- Xiao Lian, 30
Police say three of those arrested were also charged for operating an illegal gaming house, and one person has been charged for selling intoxicating liquor without a License.
Nine of the accused are expected to appear in the Arima Magistrate’s Court today, Wednesday, and the other five will appear at the Tunapuna Magistrate’s Court.
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