Preventive frisking during carnival 71

ORANJESTAD - The Public Prosecution Service (OM) and the Aruba Police Force (KPA) hereby inform that the police will be conducting preventive frisking for the possession of firearms during several Carnival activities.

In San Nicolas, the authorization for preventive frisking covers the Children's Carnival (23 February), Parada di Luz (27 and 28 February), and the Grand Parade (1 March). And in Oranjestad, the Lighting Parade (22 and 23 February) and the Grand Parade (2 March).

As part of the action, the police have the authority to stop people and search their clothing, to demand that bags and packaging be opened and searched, and to search cars and other means of transport for illegal possession of firearms. The police have been authorized to do so by the examining magistrate at the request of the Public Prosecution Service.

Preventive frisking:

  1. February 23, 2025, from 1:00 PM to 6:30 PM, during the Children's Carnival (San Nicolas);
  2. February 27, 2025, from 8:00 PM to February 28, 2025, at 2:30 AM, during Parada di Luz (San Nicolas);
  3. March 1, 2025, from 11:00 AM to 7:30 PM during the Grand Parade (San Nicolas);
  4. February 22, 2025, to February 23, 2025, from 8:00 PM to 3:30 AM, during the Lighting Parade (Oranjestad);
  5. March 2, 2025, from 11:00 AM to 7:30 PM, during the Grand Parade (Oranjestad)
Carnival 71 schedule