Director of the Public Affairs Unit of the Police Service, Sharon Lee Assang, says a total of 5,826 people have been arrested since the state of emergency was declared on August 21.Lee Assang was speaking at yesterday's daily news conference at the Police Administration Building, Port-of-Spain.She said there were 463 gang-related arrests with 1,405 people being detained on outstanding warrants.
Some 12,739 rounds of ammunition, 34 magazines and 154 firearms were seized.She said 484 people were arrested for breaching the curfew; 833 for other offences and 1,024 on drug offences.Also, at the conference Lee Assang commended WPC Thora Isabel Sheppard on her receiving the International Association of Women Police Community Service Award 2011.
Sheppard joined the Special Reserve Police (SRP) in 1989 and was assigned to the Community Relations Department at the Point Fortin Police Station.She won the award for Community Service from the Point Fortin Borough Corporation and the Point Fortin Chamber of Commerce.