One week after Assistant Commissioner of Police Calvin Brutus filed a Constitutional motion over the money laundering investigation against him and being sent on leave, he has withdrawn the High Court matter.

Attorney General Anil Nandlall received a ‘Notice of Discontinuance and Withdrawal’ from the Assistant Police Commissioner today. According the High Court document, the case has been withdrawn in its entirety.

Brutus initially told the Court that the Cabinet acted outside of its mandate when it instructed the acting Police Commissioner, Clifton Hicken to send him on annual leave due to allegations of involvement in financial crimes. He wanted the Court to declare the Cabinet’s decision illegal.

He had also argued that the rules of natural justice were not observed as the allegations against him were vague and he was not given an opportunity to respond.

The Court was also told that the SOCU-led investigation was tainted, alleging that the evidence was manipulated. 

Brutus’ decision to withdraw the High Court matter comes one day after he answered to 30 of the 240 charges filed against him.

He was granted a total of $6.2 Million bail on those 30 charges. 

The charges read to Brutus on Thursday ranged from fraud and larceny to money laundering and misconduct in public office.

He appeared in Court alongside his wife, Audonika Aulder; his former driver, Kevin George; and Garden of Eden businessman, Ashraf Zafarally. They were each granted bail in the sum of $1 million for the conspiracy charges that were read against them.

The charges were filed against the Assistant Police Commissioner and the three others were based on the investigations of the Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU).

The investigations initially focused on entries into the Credit Union accounts of the Assistant Police Commissioner, however, it was later expanded. It was then that SOCU uncovered multiple accounts linked to the Assistant Commissioner, his wife, their toddler son and three companies registered to them. Those accounts were found with $500 million.

The SOCU probe also uncovered large withdrawals in recent months and the purchase of properties. Eight of the nine accounts were frozen by the Court.

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