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Court orders forfeiture of $77,000 from slain suspected gang leader
Saturday 20 February 2021
Slain suspect gang leader Dwayne Thomas - Photo courtesy TTPS
The state has been granted an order to forfeit just over $77,000 seized from a suspected gang leader who was murdered while out on bail on gang-related, drug trafficking and weapon charges.
On Friday, Chief Magistrate Maria Busy Earle-Caddle granted the order during a virtual hearing in the Port of Spain Eighth Magistrates Court.
According to a statement from the police, the sums of TT$13,500 and US$9,500 were confiscated from suspected gang leader Dwayne Felix Thomas on February 14, 2018 under the provisions of the Proceeds of Crime Act. The state subsequently was granted an order to detain the money for an initial period of three months to allow investigators to determine the legitimacy of the source of the funds.