One of Hill's employees weeps after policemen take the Cash Plus boss from his Norbrook, St Andrew home yesterday morning. - Ricardo Makyn/Staff Photographer

Hugh Thompson, the lawyer for Cash Plus boss Carlos Hill, has criticised the police for its handling of the situation that led to the arrest of his client and three other people yesterday.

"I'm quite distressed by this because this practice of taking people in custody while you investigate a matter against them is wrong and it has been going on for the longest while," said Thompson.

"Even some magistrates are frowning upon it but it continues to happen," he told The Gleaner yesterday after leaving the offices of the Organised Crime Investigation Division (OCID) in downtown Kingston.

He also complained that two of the detainees - Bertram Hill, who is the brother of Carlos Hill, and his driver Danville Brown - should not have been taken into custody.

Thompson said Brown, who was released about 2:10 p.m. from the offices of the OCID, would be taking action against the police.

"We are going to be suing for wrongful detention," he warned. "The man had no business in there. He is just the driver."

Not happy

Thompson declined to say whether Hill had a message for investors of Cash Plus. He, however, said the Cash Plus boss and his brother were not enjoying being in custody.

"They are uncomfortable because the presumption of innocence doesn't seem to apply in this country anymore and they find themselves in custody for doing absolutely nothing, for committing no crime," he said.