Bahamas Police first to answer call for help, as TCI grapples with deadly gang turf war – Magnetic Media

By Dana Malcolm

Staff Writer

#TurksandCaicos, October 6, 2022 Significant physical support for the Turks and Caicos is on the way from The Bahamas to help with the crime situation. The announcement was made by His Excellency Nigel Dakin, TCI Governor in an address to the House of Assembly on Monday.

We are not releasing a date or more detail, just now, for operational security reasons, but very substantive support that the TCI public will see, and the criminals will feel, is inbound from The Bahamas, said Dakin.

Based on his address The Bahamas is the Caribbean country that has mobilized fastest to come to the TCIs aid.

Premier Washington Misick had announced on September 26th that he hadreached out to Jamaica; The Bahamas, the UK and Barbados for extra boots on the ground and was expecting positive responses.

Jamaica, which now has an extra stake in the conflict after gangs affiliated with the country were fingered as partially responsible for the violence is also working quickly to respond to thePremiers request.

The Jamaican Cabinet is meeting and we hope for support from them, as well. The trans-regional criminal links to their country makes a strengthened intelligence exchange a priority, Dakin revealed in the address delivered shortly after 10 a.m.

In addition to the Bahamian officers the TCI will likely see physical support from the UK in the coming weeks. Governor Nigel Dakin revealed that after the third double murder over the weekend he has also joined with the Premier in making requests to the UK, this time for soldiers.

I was on a call with the Directors General in No10, Ministry of Defense, Home and Foreign Office, at 5:30 am this morning working through with them the events of last night. He said I have asked for significant Armed Police and UK military support; the nature of that is being determined.

Already on the ground are firearms specialists from the United Kingdom, governor Dakin in a decisive statement said plainly more help is coming. In fact he was confident enough to gamble his job on the surety.

I can also say that His Majestys Government knows that should the UK not be able to live up to its obligations, what my honourable position will have to be.

No response from the UK Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office has yet been shared publicly but Dakin promised to keep the country up to speed.

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