Businessman Danny Guerra has retained British King’s Counsel to challenge his preventive detention under the state of emergency before the Emergency Review Tribunal.

Guerra was arrested on November 20 by the Special Investigations Unit under allegations that he leads an organised crime group involved in arms trafficking, money laundering, and illegal quarrying. A detention order signed by Homeland Security Minister Roger Alexander also cited a purported plot to assassinate a government minister.

Richard John Thomas, KC, a barrister admitted to practise at the Bar of England and Wales in 2002, was authorised by acting Attorney General Devesh Maharaj to appear in TT for Guerra’s case, according to Legal Notice 459 gazetted on December 17.