An ap­pli­ca­tion filed by Ker­ron Clarke for the re­turn of $656,200 cash, was dis­missed by Se­nior Mag­is­trate Cheron Raphael in the Ari­ma Mag­is­trates’ Court.

Clarke made an ap­pli­ca­tion for the re­lease of cash un­der sec­tion 38(7) of the Pro­ceeds of Crime Act Chap 11:27. It was for cash seized from him on Au­gust 25 at his home sit­u­at­ed at No. 0516 Kath­leen Warn­er Dri­ve, La Hor­quet­ta, Ari­ma.

At the vir­tu­al hear­ing, Clarke was rep­re­sent­ed by Rosario Sookdeo, who was led by Sophia Chote SC. The Fi­nan­cial In­ves­ti­ga­tions Branch (FIB) was rep­re­sent­ed by its Le­gal Of­fi­cer, Ke­ston Abra­ham.

Af­ter hear­ing le­gal sub­mis­sions from both par­ties, the mag­is­trate dis­missed the ap­pli­ca­tion for the re­lease of the cash.

At a me­dia brief­ing on No­vem­ber 16, Act­ing Deputy Com­mis­sion­er of Po­lice, In­ves­ti­ga­tions and In­tel­li­gence, Mc Don­ald Ja­cob said the po­lice seized mon­ey from Clarke, op­er­at­ing as Drugs Sou (DSS) on three oc­ca­sions—$656,200 which oc­curred on Au­gust 25; $707,500 on Sep­tem­ber 2 and $6.4 mil­lion on Oc­to­ber 27.