THREE BUSINESSMEN have filed the first lawsuit arising from the recently introduced Operation Kingfish crime-fighting plan.They are Noel King and David Chin, of Montego Bay, St. James, and Wayne Chin, of Morningside Drive, Kingston 19.
The men are contending that several boats and equipment belonging to them were removed by police, the Jamaica Defence Force and Jamaica Customs enforcement personnel from the Caribatic Boatyard, Rock Harbour, Trelawny, on October 24, last year.
Following the seizure, Lord Anthony Gifford, Q.C., and attorney-at-law Hugh Thompson, who represented the men, wrote letters to the Commissioner of Customs threatening legal action if the boats were not returned.
Some of the boats were returned but four are still being detained.
REVOCATION NOTICES OF DETENTION
Last week, the men filed a suit in the Supreme Court against the Commissioner of Customs and the Attorney-General, seeking court orders for the delivery of the boats. They are also seeking orders for the revocation notices of detention to be set aside.
The claimants say they have been deprived of the use and enjoyment of their possession and have suffered losses. They are seeking damages for the unlawful detention of the boats. The men are also contending that one of the boats was returned damaged.
