00:00Security services have been on high alert over the past couple of weeks as the country has been subject to
00:06a number of bomb threats with the targets including magistrates' courts, ministries, shopping plazas, government offices and even diplomatic missions.
00:15Commissioner of Police Alistair Guevara confirmed that on August 19th, there were 11 threats made in just 40 minutes, with
00:23subsequent threats coming on August 20th, 22nd and 28th.
00:28However, Guevara confirms that despite thorough investigations by the TTPS Explosives Detection and Disposal Unit, with assistance from the Trinidad
00:38and Tobago Fire Service, no explosives or suspicious devices were ever uncovered.
00:43And in every instance, the threats were confirmed to be hoaxes. No explosives or suspicious devices were ever uncovered.
00:55Investigations confirmed that these threats were designed to disrupt the daily operations at the mentioned institutions, as well as the
01:03more cowardly act of spreading fear among the public.
01:06Guevara also sought to assure the public that there is no intelligence of a credible threat being posed to the
01:13country's 64th Independence Day celebrations, while re-emphasizing that the threats have been made simply to cause disruption.
01:20Despite the volume of the threats, no intelligence has come to hand indicating that there was anything else but a
01:32hoax, and that no one was planning any attack against the state, the diplomatic missions, or even the independence day
01:40celebrations.
01:40The threat level remains low. The primary risk is public panic and disruption. And not any single credible threat was
01:54found.
01:54And the commissioner had a stern warning for the perpetrators of the recent bomb threats.
02:00Such behavior is not only criminal, but also deeply responsible, and seeks to so fear disrupt justice and waste valuable
02:09public resources to the unpatriotic, cowardice keyboard warrior, who perpetrates this current set of hoaxes.
02:20All I will say to you is that time is longer than twine, and be mindful of the vengeance of
02:28Moko.
02:29Guevara went on to call on the national community to stand against such reckless conduct and assure citizens that independence
02:36celebrations will proceed, quote, safely and securely and uninterrupted, end quote.
02:42Dominic Ramroop, TV6 News.
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