Man awarded over $200,000 for wrongful arrest in 2018 Carnival plot probe

A San Juan man has been award­ed over $200,000 in com­pen­sa­tion for be­ing wrong­ful­ly ar­rest­ed, false­ly im­pris­oned and as­sault­ed by po­lice of­fi­cers dur­ing their probe in­to an al­leged plot to dis­rupt Car­ni­val cel­e­bra­tions in 2018.

High Court Judge Robin Mo­hammed or­dered the com­pen­sa­tion for Tariq Mo­hammed (no re­la­tion to judge) as he up­held his case against the State last week.

The out­come of the case came a lit­tle over a year af­ter Tariq’s younger broth­er, Wasim, was award­ed $100,000 in com­pen­sa­tion over his treat­ment by the of­fi­cers when they raid­ed the fam­i­ly’s home at Mo­hammed Ville, El So­cor­ro Road, San Juan, on Feb­ru­ary 8, 2018.