PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (AP) — Businessman Dominic Hadeed, his wife Genevieve Hadeed, and Westmoorings businesswoman Star Sabga are expected to be detained under Preventive Detention Orders as authorities escalate operations under the country’s emergency powers regulations, officials and sources said Friday. The orders, expected to be signed by Minister of Homeland Security Roger Alexander, would authorize police to hold the individuals without formal charges while national security investigations proceed. Under the proposed arrangements, Dominic Hadeed would be held at the Eastern Correctional, Rehabilitation Centre in Santa Rosa, while the two women would be detained at the Women’s Prison in Golden Grove, Arouca.

The detentions follow earlier police searches at the Hadeed residence in Westmoorings and at business premises in Trincity, during which electronic devices including laptops and mobile phones were seized. Sabga was later detained as investigators expanded their inquiry. Officials have not publicly detailed the specific allegations, saying only that the actions are tied to national security concerns and that evidence will be reviewed by the Director of Public Prosecutions as part of the ongoing process. Authorities have stressed that no criminal charges have been filed and that investigations remain active.