Jensen La Vende

Se­nior Re­porter

jensen.lavende@guardian.co.tt

Three al­leged mem­bers of the Sixx Gang and one from the Re­sis­tance Gang have been or­dered de­tained at the East­ern Cor­rec­tion­al Re­ha­bil­i­ta­tion Cen­tre by Na­tion­al Se­cu­ri­ty Min­is­ter Fitzger­ald Hinds.

The men have been iden­ti­fied as Ti­quan “Quan” Jo­mal Williams, of East Dry Riv­er, Port-of-Spain; De­on “Pumpest” and “Pump” Gillard, of Laven­tille Road, East Dry Riv­er, Port-of-Spain and Az­izi “Crime Boss” and “Crime” James, of Irv­ing Lane, East Dry Riv­er, Port-of-Spain.

The de­ten­tion or­ders state that they were “cred­i­bly iden­ti­fied as a mem­ber of, and shoot­er for, an or­gan­ised crim­i­nal group known as the Sixx Gang in­volved in nar­cotics and firearms traf­fick­ing, lar­ce­ny of mo­tor ve­hi­cles, rob­beries and mur­ders, and as a per­son in­tend­ing to en­gage in vi­o­lent gang ac­tiv­i­ty in­clud­ing the re­tal­ia­to­ry mur­der of ri­val gang mem­bers with the use of high-pow­ered firearms in pub­lic places.”

The al­leged Re­sis­tance Gang mem­ber, Josi­ah “Grover” and “Ger­ber” Gomes, of Bal­lan­tyne Road, Five Rivers, Arou­ca, is sus­pect­ed of be­ing in­volved in “traf­fick­ing of high-pow­ered firearms, mur­ders, kid­nap­ping, armed rob­beries and ex­tor­tion, and as a per­son di­rect­ed, and con­spir­ing with oth­ers, and in­tend­ing and with the means, to car­ry out vi­o­lent gang ac­tiv­i­ty in­clud­ing the re­tal­ia­to­ry mur­der of prison of­fi­cers.”

The de­ten­tion or­ders are part of the State’s re­sponse to gang vi­o­lence un­der the State of Emer­gency which has been in place since De­cem­ber 30.