Cops detain prominent businessman, wife

Two peo­ple, un­der­stood to be the hus­band and wife of a promi­nent busi­ness fam­i­ly, were de­tained to­day af­ter po­lice ex­e­cut­ed court-au­tho­rised search war­rants at prop­er­ties in West­moor­ings and Trinci­ty.

In a me­dia re­lease, the Trinidad and To­ba­go Po­lice Ser­vice (TTPS) said the war­rants were ex­e­cut­ed as part of an on­go­ing in­ves­ti­ga­tion.

The TTPS said the two in­di­vid­u­als are as­sist­ing in­ves­ti­ga­tors with en­quiries and stressed that no charges have been laid at this time.

"The ex­e­cu­tion of a war­rant is a stan­dard in­ves­tiga­tive pro­ce­dure and does not con­sti­tute a find­ing of wrong­do­ing," the re­lease stat­ed.

Ac­cord­ing to the TTPS, all ac­tions tak­en by of­fi­cers were con­duct­ed un­der ju­di­cial au­thor­i­ty and in ac­cor­dance with the law, with due re­gard for the rights and rep­u­ta­tion­al in­ter­ests of those in­volved.

The po­lice ser­vice al­so urged the pub­lic not to draw con­clu­sions about the sta­tus of any in­di­vid­ual while in­ves­ti­ga­tions re­main on­go­ing.

The TTPS said no fur­ther de­tails can be dis­closed at this stage be­cause the mat­ter is ac­tive.

"The TTPS re­mains com­mit­ted to con­duct­ing all in­ves­ti­ga­tions with pro­fes­sion­al­ism, fair­ness, and re­spect for the rule of law," the re­lease stat­ed.