Dominican Police say they have uncovered a plot to cause unrest in the country during a protest meeting and march being organised by the main opposition United Workers Party on Sunday.
Acting Police Commissioner Davidson Valerie says some of the threats are to procure gasoline to burn the city of Roseau.
There is also a threat to create an island-wide blackout, to facilitate the commission of illegal acts against persons, including the Minister of National Security.
Commissioner Valerie says in the interest of national security he met with two of the organisers of the meeting, including former opposition leader, Lennox Linton, expressing his concern regarding the inciteful comments being disseminated on social media by groups of persons believed to be associated with the meeting.
The UWP is staging the protest one day before Mr Linton is due in a magistrate's court on a charge of incitement stemming from an incident on February 7, 2017, when the party held a meeting in the capital for the resignation of Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit.
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