Although he has been released from police custody, Trinidad and Tobago businessman Dominic Hadeed is allegedly now part of a transnational investigation.

“I have been advised that the investigation has expanded beyond the original scope, and spans multiple jurisdictions,” Trinidad and Tobago’s Minister of Homeland Security, Roger Alexander, said on Thursday afternoon when he revoked the Preventative Detention Order (PDO) under which Hadeed had been in State custody for 30 days.

“These matters are complex and require extensive cooperation between several investigative agencies. The local and international law enforcement agencies involved continue to work assiduously on the matters under investigation,” Alexander further clarified in a statement.

Hadeed and his wife, Genevieve, were detained at their home in Bayshore, west Trinidad, on June 24th.

Three days later, under the Emergency Powers Regulations 2026, a PDO was served to keep the pair detained for a criminal investigation into an alleged plot to assassinate Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar, and senior members of her government.

But Hadeed challenged his detention through the courts with former Trinidad and Tobago Attorney General Faris Al-Rawi as his lead attorney on the grounds that the State did not have sufficient evidence to justify the PDO and because of his health.

As it turns out, it was the time factor that has played a major role in Hadeed’s release, along with his health.

The Court of Appeal, on July 17th, had ordered his conditional release, saying the 52-year-old businessman, who is the founder and managing director of Blue Waters Products, should instead be placed under house arrest. Late that night, the State responded by filing for a review before the country’s final appellate court, the Privy Council.

 As is the usual case the Court of Appeal stayed the house arrest order until the matter was resolved in London.

Fast forward to July 23rd one week before the Privy Council goes on its summer recess, the Law Lords said the matter will have to wait until official court sessions resume on October 1st, 2026, marking the start of the Michaelmas legal term.

That is the earliest available date for the appeal involving the State and Dominic Hadeed.

In that context, Alexander explained “ In practical terms, this would mean that the stay that was granted in favour of the State would require the detainees to be in prison until the end of the State of Emergency, all other things being equal.” 

Hadeed’s health issues are known to be a neurological disorder that requires therapy, lymphoma, a bleeding disorder, an orthopaedic injury and sleep apnea. His medical condition was a factor in the Court of Appeal’s ruling to place him under house arrest instead of staying at the Maximum Security Prison in Arouca, Trinidad.

Alexander revealed that he received a medical report from the detainee’s medical specialist that detailed Hadeed’s condition along with the required care plan that was necessary. 

While noting that Hadeed refused to be examined by an independent specialist appointed by the State. Alexander said he carefully considered the contents of this report and had taken advice as he balanced that with the time factor involved, if it was left up to the Privy Council .

The Hadeeds were released four days after the Review Tribunal, to which detainees can plead their case, recommended that the continued detention “was not necessary or expedient in the public interest.”

But that’s the end. “I have been assured by the Trinidad and Tobago Police Service (TTPS) that they (the Hadeeds) will be the subject of continued monitoring and surveillance to ensure that the ongoing criminal investigation is in no way undermined,” Alexander said 

At the same time he said  steps have been implemented to ensure that “the safety of those subject to the threat is in no way compromised and that any risk is contained.” 

His final word of warning: “I expect that the detainees, though released, will cooperate with all law enforcement agencies involved in the ongoing criminal investigation.”