Po­lice ar­rest­ed 19 peo­ple and seized drugs, weapons, sus­pect­ed am­mu­ni­tion and house­break­ing im­ple­ments dur­ing sep­a­rate op­er­a­tions over the week­end in the South­ern, West­ern and East­ern Di­vi­sions.

In two re­leas­es is­sued yes­ter­day, the Trinidad and To­ba­go Po­lice Ser­vice re­port­ed 13 ar­rests dur­ing a 24-hour South­ern Di­vi­sion ex­er­cise un­der Op­er­a­tion RES­OLUTE Shield.

The of­fences in­clud­ed pos­ses­sion of co­caine, cannabis and weapons, ob­scene lan­guage and re­sist­ing ar­rest. The weapons in­clud­ed an ice pick, a flick knife and a knife.

Two peo­ple were al­so held for ques­tion­ing about home in­va­sions in Mara­bel­la and rob­beries in Princes Town and St Mary’s.

In St James, of­fi­cers stopped a Hyundai Ac­cent on Hen­ry Pierre Street on Sat­ur­day. Three men from Cas­cade were ar­rest­ed in con­nec­tion with the seizure of 15 pack­ets of sus­pect­ed ec­sta­sy weigh­ing 13.5 grammes.

In San­gre Grande, of­fi­cers ar­rest­ed three men dur­ing an op­er­a­tion which con­tin­ued in­to ear­ly yes­ter­day.

Po­lice re­port­ed find­ing house­break­ing im­ple­ments on the men and eight rounds of sus­pect­ed 9mm am­mu­ni­tion in a near­by Hon­da City.

In­ves­ti­ga­tions are on­go­ing.