THE Special Branch has alleged that police uncovered a conspiracy by Blue Waters Products Ltd owner Dominic Hadeed and his wife Genevieve to assassinate Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar and senior Cabinet ministers as the State defended the continued detention of the couple under the State of Emergency (SoE).

The allegations are contained in an affidavit sworn by police Cpl Eldon Calliste, an intelligence officer attached to the Special Branch of the Trinidad and Tobago Police Service (TTPS), which was filed in the High Court in response to the Hadeeds' habeas corpus application.

Justice Frank Seepersad yesterday dismissed the application, ruling that the couple's detention under Preventive Detention Orders (PDOs) issued during the SOE was lawful.