Baptiste takes legal action

LONDON: Former West Indies all-rounder Eldine Baptiste has engaged the services of a top London lawyer as he seeks redress over his wrongful arrest and imprisonment on Sunday. British customs at London’s Gatwick Airport incarcerated Baptiste on suspicion that he was travelling with cocaine concealed in golf balls as he arrived from Antigua. Toby Buroughs, who represented the Lashings club that Baptiste played for in a case against the International Cricket Council (ICC) in a bat sponsorship dispute, is representing Baptiste who was cleared and released from Wandsworth prison on Tuesday after he was detained on Sunday. The British officials apologised for their error.  “I have a serious lawyer on the case,” Baptiste said from Kent on Wednesday.