Court returns businessman’s money, no link to criminal activity found - Trinidad and Tobago Newsday

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Court returns businessman’s money, no link to criminal activity found - Trinidad and Tobago Newsday

A Chaguanas magistrate has dismissed the State's application to forfeit money seized from a businessman, citing a lack of evidence linking the funds to criminal activity. On February 7, magistrate Marissa Gomez, presiding in the Chaguanas District Court, dismissed the case. The State contended that in 2016, businessman Rakesh Sookoo was driving his car along Calcutta Road No 2 in Freeport when police stopped it. The officers searched the car and…