A Po­lice Of­fi­cer and a Venezue­lan na­tion­al will ap­pear in the Ch­agua­nas Mag­is­trates’ Court to­day, to face charges in con­nec­tion with traf­fick­ing in per­sons and oth­er gang-re­lat­ed ac­tiv­i­ties.

The men were ar­rest­ed dur­ing an an­ti-crime ex­er­cise con­duct­ed in the Cen­tral Di­vi­sion on Mon­day 10th Feb­ru­ary.

The ex­er­cise was con­duct­ed by mem­bers of the Spe­cial Op­er­a­tions Re­sponse Team (SORT), the Counter Traf­fick­ing Unit, and a spe­cial­ized team es­tab­lished by Com­mis­sion­er of Po­lice, Gary Grif­fith.

Of­fi­cial po­lice re­ports in­di­cate that Of­fi­cer Vi­cash Ram­ta­hal -- who was last at­tached to the Cen­tral Di­vi­sion Po­lice, has been charged with six of­fences:

1. Be­ing a Gang mem­ber.

2. Sup­port­ing a gang in the com­mis­sion of gang-re­lat­ed ac­tiv­i­ty.

3. Traf­fick­ing in Per­sons (mi­nors).

4. In­cit­ing or caus­ing a child to en­gage in sex­u­al ac­tiv­i­ty.

5. Mis­be­hav­iour in Pub­lic of­fice.

The oth­er ac­cused, Venezue­lan na­tion­al Julio Cae­sar, was charged with three of­fences:

1. Be­ing a Gang mem­ber.

2. Sup­port­ing a gang in the com­mis­sion of gang-re­lat­ed ac­tiv­i­ty.

3. Traf­fick­ing in Per­sons (mi­nors).

A sec­ond Po­lice Of­fi­cer who was ar­rest­ed was re­leased on Thurs­day, pend­ing fur­ther en­quiries.

Oth­er per­sons are ex­pect­ed to be ar­rest­ed soon.

En­quiries are on­go­ing.