Confirmation the TTPS brawled with Silver Stars pan members after TRIBE’s band launch around 2:00 on Sunday morning. The pan side had been hired to close the festivities.
Guardian Media understands the pan side was approached by plain-clothes officers, who told them to stop playing. The situation escalated when one of the officers allegedly grabbed the sticks from a drummer and threw down the drums, leading to a scuffle.
The incident reportedly unfolded in the North Stand, next to the VIP area where several Government ministers, including Barry Padarath, Anil Roberts and Chief Secretary Farley Augustine, had been in attendance. It is understood that they had all left by the time the altercation took place.
Videos circulating on social media appear to show the confrontation, with pans and stands strewn across the North Stand and some members becoming trapped underneath.
An unknown number of Silver Stars members were arrested, and one person was hospitalised.
So far, neither TRIBE nor the TTPS has commented on the issue.
——This is a developing story——
