Sev­en al­leged gang­sters, in­clud­ing a gang leader, were or­dered to be de­tained at two fa­cil­i­ties in Pre­ven­tive De­ten­tion Or­ders gazetted yes­ter­day.

The or­ders al­leged that the men were mem­bers of gangs iden­ti­fied as 9 Gang, Grim 7, Ras­ta City/Sev­en, 7 Gang (Sea Lots) and an in­for­mal gang.

Ac­cord­ing to the de­ten­tion or­ders, three of the men are mem­bers of the 9 Gang. Jo­evon “Hol­low Man” Williams was iden­ti­fied as the leader of the 9 Gang. He is ac­cused of re­cruit­ing young males in­to gang ac­tiv­i­ty and be­ing in­volved in drug dis­tri­b­u­tion, armed rob­beries, shoot­ings tar­get­ing ri­vals, wit­ness in­tim­i­da­tion, with in­tel­li­gence al­leg­ing that he plans to es­ca­late at­tacks us­ing firearms in pub­lic spaces. He was or­dered de­tained at Gold­en Grove Prison, Arou­ca.