the crackdown following gang violence last week.

Virtually all the men were arrested on outstanding bench and summary warrants and placed before a Magistrate to explain why they had not paid outstanding fines.

More serious charges for offences committed when they were arrested are likely to follow in future appearances.

Police presence around the Island continued throughout the weekend with dozens of uniformed and plainclothes officers attending the huge soca concert in St.

David's on Saturday night.

Police Commissioner Jean-Jacques Lemay met with anti-gang violence campaigner Gary Robinson yesterday in an effort to get warring neighbourhoods to call a truce.

A Police spokeswoman said a resolution to the potential violence and an end to the crackdown with its roadblocks and searches is anticipated "sooner rather than later''.