Trinidad and Tobago declares second state of emergency, citing gang threat

Police commissioner says there has been intelligence of formation of organised crime syndicate intent on havoc

Trinidad and Tobago has declared its second state of emergency this year amid grave concerns" about a coordinated threat from organised crime gangs inside and outside the country's prisons.

Announcing the decision on Friday, the commissioner of police, Allister Guevarro, said his force had received intelligence the day before that the gangs had formed themselves into ... an organised crime syndicate" and were intent on wreaking havoc and planning assassinations, robberies and kidnappings.