Ke­jan Haynes

Lead Ed­i­tor – News­gath­er­ing

ke­jan.haynes@guardian.co.tt

Twen­ty more men have been placed un­der pre­ven­tive de­ten­tion or­ders dur­ing the State of Emer­gency, with au­thor­i­ties al­leg­ing they are gang lead­ers, en­forcers, shoot­ers, ad­vis­ers and af­fil­i­ates in­volved in or­gan­ised crim­i­nal ac­tiv­i­ty across Trinidad.

The de­ten­tion or­ders, signed by Min­is­ter of Home­land Se­cu­ri­ty Roger Alexan­der be­tween June 22 and Ju­ly 4, were pub­lished in the Gazette un­der Reg­u­la­tion 14 of the Emer­gency Pow­ers Reg­u­la­tions, 2026.

Among those de­tained is al­leged Orop­une Gar­dens gang leader Dil­lon Prince, al­so known as Dil­lion Prince and Dil­lon Bevon Prince. The or­der al­leges con­fi­den­tial in­tel­li­gence iden­ti­fied him as the leader of an in­for­mal crim­i­nal group in­volved in nar­cotics and firearms traf­fick­ing, shoot­ings, as­saults and wit­ness in­tim­i­da­tion. Au­thor­i­ties al­so al­lege he was plan­ning im­mi­nent at­tacks on ri­val gangs in pub­lic spaces.

Al­so de­tained is Randy Emille, al­so known as “Choko”, whom au­thor­i­ties al­lege is a mem­ber of the “Arou­ca Rad­i­cal Mus­lim Gang”. The or­der al­leges he was in­volved in nar­cotics traf­fick­ing, at­tacks on ri­val gangs and child pornog­ra­phy, and was plan­ning to es­ca­late at­tacks on busi­ness­peo­ple, com­mer­cial es­tab­lish­ments and ri­val gangs.

The or­ders al­so tar­get sev­er­al al­leged mem­bers of an in­for­mal crim­i­nal group op­er­at­ing in the Cal­i­for­nia/Cou­va area, in­clud­ing al­leged leader Jude Dells, al­leged third-in-com­mand Shawn Nar­ine, al­so known as Sean Nar­ine, se­nior mem­ber Nicholas Toolsie, and al­leged en­forcers Leron Lar­ry Men­doza and Sha­keem Dex­ter Williams. Au­thor­i­ties al­lege the group is in­volved in nar­cotics and firearms traf­fick­ing, armed rob­beries, shoot­ings and wit­ness in­tim­i­da­tion, and was plan­ning to in­ten­si­fy armed rob­beries while sup­ply­ing firearms and am­mu­ni­tion.

An­oth­er or­der was is­sued for Kenya Romel Jabari Green, al­so known as “Skel­ly”, whom au­thor­i­ties al­lege act­ed as an armed en­forcer for or­gan­ised drug traf­fick­ers in the South­ern Di­vi­sion. The de­ten­tion or­der al­so al­leges po­lice re­cov­ered a re­volver and am­mu­ni­tion from him on June 24.

Sev­er­al de­ten­tion or­ders re­late to al­leged gang ac­tiv­i­ty in Mal­oney Gar­dens. Those de­tained in­clude al­leged Build­ing 20 Gang leader Clevorn Ox­ley, al­so known as “Legs”; al­leged Build­ing 20 Gang leader Shere­hem Louis, al­so known as “Son Son”; al­leged KTA Gang ad­vis­er Ni­jsane Her­cules, al­so known as “Bib­by” and “Kahlid”; al­leged en­forcers Shon­dell Boyd, al­so known as “Fight­er”, Kalib Wil­son and Em­manuel Oba Nel­son; al­leged shoot­er Kyle Joseph; and Jardell Bor­de, al­so known as “Noonkie”, whom au­thor­i­ties de­scribe as a key fig­ure in es­ca­lat­ing gang con­flict.

Au­thor­i­ties al­so de­tained Aquinde Win­ches­ter, al­so known as “Red­do” and “Red­man”, al­leg­ing he was in­volved in vi­o­lent rob­beries and home in­va­sions while on bail for rob­bery-re­lat­ed of­fences.

Oth­er de­tainees in­clude Sey­on Sime­on Vial­va, al­leged to be af­fil­i­at­ed with the Arou­ca Rad­i­cal Mus­lim Gang, and De­von Bar­ran and Je­lani Dun­can, al­so known as “Jman”, whom au­thor­i­ties al­lege are con­nect­ed to the GIL Gang and a vi­o­lent home in­va­sion in Gas­par­il­lo.