A dozen female foreign nationals were detained by police for “lewd and suggestive” dancing at a bar in Sangre Grande yesterday morning.
The bar’s owner and a man who is said to have brought the women to the establishment are also in police custody.
According to reports the women were found dancing in a lewd and suggestive manner when police raided a bar located at the corner of the Eastern Main Road and Savi Street in Sangre Grande.
The police raided the bar located upstairs a supermarket around 1 am yesterday after conducting surveillance.
The 12 women, seven from the the Dominican Republic and five from Venezuela, were detained.
The 42-year-old bar owner of Barker Trace, Sangre Grande, and a 25-year-old man from Oropouche Road in Sangre Grande, who is believed to have brought the women to the bar, were also detained.
All the foreign nationals were detained pending investigations by the Immigration Division and Counter Trafficking Unit which were informed of the situation.
Spearheading the police exercise were Insp Lutchman and Supt Phillip of the Sangre Grande Police Station.
Investigations are continuing.