Six Venezuelans including one woman and a child were detained in the Siparia district yesterday after they were stopped during a routine police exercise and failed to provide officers with documentation for proof of being in this country legally.

Officers attached to the South-Western Division Task Force (SWDTF) were on mobile patrol along the S.S Erin Road, Siparia, in the vicinity of China Gardens, when they observed a silver Toyota Corolla at the side of the roadway with a number of persons exiting the vehicle.

The group has been placed in mandatory quarantine, after which they will be handed over to Immigration to be repatriated to Venezuela.

In a separate exercise on Tuesday, officers proceeded to several areas within the Division where they arrested a 25-year-old man for possession of marijuana and a 29-year-old man for an outstanding warrant.

Officers also found a quantity of marijuana in an open lot at Thompson Trace, Quarry Village, Siparia.