Five peo­ple were ar­rest­ed dur­ing sep­a­rate an­ti-crime ex­er­cis­es con­duct­ed by of­fi­cers of the South­ern and North Cen­tral Di­vi­sions on Wednes­day.

Be­tween 4 pm and 8 pm, of­fi­cers of the South­ern Di­vi­sion Task Force ar­rest­ed two men.

A 33-year-old man was ar­rest­ed for pos­ses­sion of 72 grammes of cannabis, while a 22-year-old man was ar­rest­ed in con­nec­tion with lar­ce­ny and home in­va­sions with­in the Princes Town Polic­ing Dis­trict.

Of­fi­cers al­so con­duct­ed checks at sev­er­al bars and oth­er recre­ation­al es­tab­lish­ments, as well as in ar­eas prone to vi­o­lent crimes and home in­va­sions with­in the Princes Town and Bar­rack­pore polic­ing dis­tricts.

The ex­er­cise was co­or­di­nat­ed by Snr Supt Hospedales and car­ried out by of­fi­cers of the South­ern Di­vi­sion Task Force Ar­eas East and West.

Mean­while, three peo­ple were ar­rest­ed dur­ing a war­rant ex­er­cise con­duct­ed by of­fi­cers of the North Cen­tral Di­vi­sion.

A 70-year-old man of Sun­set Court, Par­adise Gar­dens, Tacarigua, was ar­rest­ed on a High Court bench war­rant, while a 44-year-old man of Orop­une Gar­dens, Pi­ar­co, was ar­rest­ed on two af­fil­i­a­tion com­mit­tal war­rants amount­ing to $40,000.

A 20-year-old man of Por­tu­gal Av­enue, Tumpuna Road, Ari­ma, was al­so ar­rest­ed for ob­scene lan­guage, ob­struct­ing a po­lice of­fi­cer in the ex­e­cu­tion of his du­ties and re­sist­ing ar­rest.

The ex­er­cise was co­or­di­nat­ed by Snr Supt Gift, Supt Ward, ASP Pierre, ASP Bharath, W/ASP Fras­er-Ram­sey and Ag/In­sp Rag­bir.