TWENTY-four people are arrested in Penal and Siparia on Friday for being in bars which are contrary to the Public Health Regulations.
Those held included three bar owners and a bartender.
According to a release by the Trinidad and Tobago Police Service (TTPS), the 24 were arrested in exercises in the South Western Division.
The exercises, coordinated by Snr Supt Gomez-Cooper were conducted between 5 pm and 9 pm in the Penal district and 9 pm and 12 midnight in the Siparia district.
During the first exercise, officers of the Penal Police Station, Criminal Investigations Department (CID) and South Western Division Task Force (SWDTF), proceeded to a bar at Laltoo Trace Junction, Penal, where they found 13 persons inside the establishment, the release stated.
The 45-year-old proprietor and 39-year-old bartender, were arrested for providing the amenity of seated dining at a restaurant and conducting the business of a bar during specified period under Public Health Regulations, Legal Notice 18/2020.
Eleven patrons were arrested for gathering at a public place where the number of persons exceeded ten persons under the Public Health Regulations, Legal Notice 18/2020.
In the second exercise in the Siparia district, officers of the Siparia Police Station, CID and SWDTF proceeded to a bar located at Anthony Branch Trace, Syne Village, Siparia, where they found 11 persons inside the establishment.
Two proprietors, a 30-year-old and a 21-year-old, who were acting as bartenders, were arrested for providing the amenity of seated dining at a restaurant and conducting the business of a bar during specified period under Public Health Regulations, Legal Notice 18/2020.
The nine patrons were arrested for gathering at a public place where the number of persons exceeded ten persons under the Public Health Regulations, Legal Notice 18/2020.
