For­mer po­lice com­mis­sion­er Gary Grif­fith says he is con­cerned that the de­ten­tion of busi­ness­man Do­minic Hadeed, his wife Genevieve and their rel­a­tive Star Sab­ga will set a prece­dent where po­lice can de­tain some­one with­out just cause, while abus­ing cer­tain emer­gency pow­ers to spite oth­ers.

The Hadeeds were de­tained by po­lice at their Pine Av­enue, Bayshore, West­moor­ings home ear­ly on the morn­ing of June 24, as part of a po­lice en­quiry.

As of yes­ter­day af­ter­noon, po­lice had not con­firmed the na­ture of the in­ves­ti­ga­tion in­to the Hadeeds. How­ev­er, a me­dia re­port sug­gest­ed that the cou­ple were de­tained as part of a pur­port­ed plot to as­sas­si­nate the Prime Min­is­ter and se­nior mem­bers of Gov­ern­ment.