The State has been or­dered to pay al­most $100,000 in com­pen­sa­tion to an elec­tri­cal en­gi­neer from San Juan, who claimed that he was wrong­ly de­tained and as­sault­ed by po­lice of­fi­cers be­fore they ar­rest­ed his broth­er as part of a probe in­to an al­leged plot to dis­rupt Car­ni­val cel­e­bra­tions in 2018.

High Court Judge West­min James or­dered com­pen­sa­tion for Wasim Mo­hammed as he up­held his wrong­ful ar­rest, false im­pris­on­ment, as­sault, and tres­pass case against the Of­fice of the At­tor­ney Gen­er­al, last Fri­day.

In the law­suit, Mo­hammed claimed that the in­ci­dent oc­curred as a group of po­lice of­fi­cers ex­e­cut­ed a war­rant at his apart­ment at his fam­i­ly’s home at Mo­hammed Ville, El So­cor­ro Road, San Juan, on Feb­ru­ary 8, 2018.