Businessman Dominic Hadeed, his wife Genevieve Hadeed and relative Star Sabga have been accused by the State of being involved in a conspiracy to assassinate senior members of the Government.
Further, Genevieve (also called Genevierve) Hadeed’s detention order specifically alleges statements calling for the death of Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar.These allegations are contained in Preventive Detention Orders (PDOs) signed by Homeland Security Minister Roger Alexander under the Emergency Powers Regulations, 2026.
The PDOs state that intelligence received by the State links the trio to an ongoing plot to murder Government officials and destabilise the country through violence.Dominic and Genevieve Hadeed, who were arrested by police at their Bayshore, Westmoorings home last Wednesday in relation to the allegations, spent the first three nights of their detention in cells at the Carenage Police Station and Woodbrook Police Station, respectively.
Sabga, Genevieve Hadeed’s maternal aunt, was detained on Thursday, June 25, and has been held in a cell at the St Joseph Police Station.
The Express understands that Minister of Homeland Security Roger Alexander had initially signed three PDOs on Friday night.
However, changes were made yesterday after concerns were raised by prison officials and also attorneys for the detainees with respect to their detention at certain facilities.
The trio were served with the PDOs yesterday and transported from the various police stations to new locations where they will be imprisoned as investigations continue.
The orders, signed pursuant to Regulation 14 of the Emergency Powers Regulations, 2026, direct that Dominic Hadeed be detained at the Remand Prison, Golden Grove, while his wife and Sabga are to be detained at the Women’s Prison, Golden Grove, or at any other location designated by the minister.
Dominic Hadeed was supposed to be detained at the Eastern Regional Correctional Facility but that was changed yesterday.
Each detention order stated that Alexander was satisfied that preventive detention was necessary “with a view to preventing” the detainees from acting “in a manner prejudicial to public safety.”
The detention orders represent the first official disclosure of the allegations relied upon by the Government to justify the continued detention of the three under the state of Emergency.What Dominic Hadeed’s
PDO states
According to Dominic Hadeed’s detention order, intelligence identifies him as being “involved in an ongoing conspiracy to assassinate senior members of the Government of Trinidad and Tobago and/or other serving Members of Parliament.”
The PDO stated that the intelligence indicates that, following statements made in Parliament during the debate on the extension of the present state of emergency, the detainee expressed “violent intentions by stating words to the effect that persons would be shot in their head.”
It added: “Intelligence further indicates that these statements were made in furtherance of a developing plan to target members of the Government.”
The detention order stated that Hadeed is “a person of substantial financial means and influence with the resources, access and capability to facilitate serious organised criminal activity.
“Intelligence further indicates that his continued liberty presents a real and immediate risk of facilitating the execution of plans intended to destabilise the Government of Trinidad and Tobago through violence,” it stated.According to the PDO, “A Preventive Detention Order pursuant to Regulation 14 of the Emergency Powers Regulations 2026 is necessary to disrupt these plans and prevent him from acting in a manner prejudicial to public safety.”
What Genevieve’s PDO states
The detention order concerning Genevieve Hadeed contains similar allegations.
It states that she “has been credibly identified as participating in an ongoing conspiracy directed at the assassination of members of the Government of Trinidad and Tobago.”The order goes further by stating that intelligence indicates she “made statements to the effect that the death of the Prime Minister, members of government and member of Parliament was required following public statements made during the parliamentary debate on the extension of the state of emergency.”
It is further alleged that she is associated with other individuals involved in the conspiracy.
“The intelligence further demonstrates that the detainee is associated with other persons involved in the conspiracy and that her continued liberty creates a substantial risk that plans to carry out acts of violence against members of the Government may proceed,” the PDO stated.
The order states that these alleged threats “viewed in the context of the ongoing state of emergency and the surrounding intelligence, constitute a direct threat to public safety and national security.”
It concludes that “A Preventive Detention Order pursuant to Regulation 14 of the Emergency Powers Regulations 2026 is necessary to disrupt these plans and prevent her from acting in a manner prejudicial to public safety.”
What Sabga’s PDO states
The detention order issued against Star Sabga alleges that she also played a central role in the alleged conspiracy.
According to the order, Sabga “has been credibly identified through intelligence received as playing a significant role in an ongoing conspiracy to assassinate members of the Government of Trinidad and Tobago.”
The PDO further stated intelligence indicates she “made repeated statements advocating violence against members of the Government.”The order states that those alleged statements “were made in the context of discussions concerning the present Government and demonstrate encouragement of collective violent action against members of the Government.”
It also alleges that Sabga “has access to persons capable of facilitating violent criminal activity and that her conduct forms part of a wider plan to destabilise the Government of Trinidad and Tobago.”
The order further states: “The detainee and others possess the considerable means to implement such an attack.”
As with the other detention orders, the Minister concluded that preventive detention was necessary to disrupt the alleged plans.
Minister’s legal authority
The detention orders were issued under the Emergency Powers Regulations, 2026, which permit the Minister of Homeland Security, Roger Alexander, to order the preventive detention of a person if he is satisfied that detention is necessary to prevent that individual from acting in a manner prejudicial to public safety.
Each order recites the legal provisions empowering the minister to act, noting that under paragraph 2 of the Schedule to the Regulations, the minister may make a detention order if satisfied that preventive detention is necessary.
The orders also cite paragraph 3(1) of the Schedule, which provides that a person subject to a detention order may be arrested without warrant by any police officer and detained at a location directed by the minister.
