By Sue-Ann Wayow
AFTER seven years, three Chinese nationals have been freed of money laundering charges.
Yaun Fu Wu, Du Feng Wu and Yanbin Huang Liam were freed of the charges on Monday by Chief Magistrate Maria Busby Earle-Caddle.
They were discharged after the magistrate upheld a no-case submission by their attorneys Wayne Sturge, Mario Merritt and Karunaa Bisramsingh.
The three were charged in October 2015.
They were arrested at a house on Allan Street, Diego Martin, where just over $1 million in TT, US and Venezuelan currency was found.
TT$482,337, US$7,724 and 44,012 Venezuelan bolivares were discovered at the house.
According to Earle-Caddle, the police failed to properly investigate where exactly the money came from.
The defence attorneys stated that the money was legitimately obtained from businesses in Venezuela and that the defendants intended to open and register another business in Trinidad and Tobago.
While police contended they could not provide enough evidence to support their claims.
