Former Sports Director Christopher Jones has filed a lawsuit against the Guyana Police Force for allegedly breaching his constitutional rights to protection from arbitrary search and deprivation of property in wake of a controversial search of his home and the removal of 18 barber chairs and two air conditioners altogether valued at $4.8 million.
Jones said that his subsequent detention was also a breach of his constitutional right to personal liberty.
He wants the court to immediately order the police to return the seized items, which he says belongs to him. He is also seeking damages.
But in defence, Attorney General (AG) Anil Nandlall has disputed Jones’ account of his arrest and detention and further said that the police did provide to him their reason for wanting to execute the search, which was to recover items belonging to the State.
