South attorney charged

Prior to being charged, Campbell was taken from the Fraud Squad (South) offices inside the San Fernando Police Station yesterday, to Police Headquarters in Port-of-Spain where he remains detained. Campbell, 74, was arrested Tuesday morning at his law chambers on Harris Promenade, by police led by Senior Superintendent Totaram Dookhie, who heads the Fraud Squad.

Via a warrant, a party of officers searched Campbell’s office and took away documents. Campbell, who has over 40 years in private practice in the civil and criminal courts, was escorted out of his chambers and onto the road where he was held around the arm and taken to the San Fernando Police Station.

He spent the night there and yesterday morning was taken to Police Headquarters. Fraud Squad officers included ASP Kent Ghisyawan, Sgt Marcus Francis, Cpl Ricardo Toney, Fraud Squad legal officer Vinelle Bassarath and PC Liz-Anne Lazarus.