Police must return excavator

Persad claimed the excavator was valued at an estimated $650,000 and he earned $3,000 a day from renting it out.

His claim for damages for loss of income will be determined when the matter comes up before Justice Frank Seepersad again on May 15 in the Port-of-Spain High Court.

Persad is being represented by attorney Gerald Ramdeen while attorneys Kendra Mark and Tamara Toolsie appeared for the Attorney General. In his ruling yesterday, Seepersad said the detention of the excavator had exceeded 13 months and no justifiable reason had been given for its continued detention by the police.