A plot to kill a judge and the Director of Public Pro­secutions (DPP) prompted Police Commissioner Allister Guevarro to request the state of emergency earlier this month.

Crucial information and evidence uncovered during ongoing searches of several prison cells at the Wayne Jackson Building of the Maximum Security Prison (MSP) over the past several months revealed plans to target the two high-ranking officials.

Senior intelligence sour­ces, as well as highly placed prison sources, confirmed that the material was viewed with “extreme concern”, considering they were two top-­level officers who were being targeted by gang leaders from within the prison.