Opposition Deputy Leader Patricia Gordon-Pamplin's husband was released from custody last night and said all the charges against him had been dropped.

Dennis Pamplin, 57, was arrested along with Ronald Ellis, a 38-year old Bermudian, and Mark Small, 40, of New York in Chatham, New Jersey on suspicion of money laundering and conspiracy on August 28.

Pamplin's daughter, Tanzania Pamplin, explained her father had the money for his bail, but there was a 72-hour process he had to go through first.

"It's not like Bermuda. He has to stay in there until all the paperwork is done. This is what I was trying to tell people. My daddy posted bail on Tuesday morning because he couldn't do anything over the holiday," she said.

Ms Pamplin spoke to her father last night after he was released and added: "He said 'to all the haters that are out there I am out and all the charges have been dropped'.''

According to reports from the Daily Record in Chatham, New Jersey, the men were arrested last week Tuesday on suspicion of money laundering and conspiracy.

Police seized more than $98,000 in cash in what they call "a possible drug deal gone wrong".

Reports from New Jersey say two Chevrolet sport vehicles were involved in a high-speed chase heading west along Route 24 and may have been involved in an accident at 12.45 p.m. on August 28.

When Chatham Police arrived, two men ran from the vehicles into the woods. Officer Larry Dillon caught up with the men who were later identified as Small and Ellis.

The men accused each other of robbery when Officer Dillon approached them.

Small and Ellis both had in their possession white envelopes, one with cash coming out.

The envelopes were taken from them as the third man, Pamplin, stayed with the vehicles.

Police searched the vehicles and found more white envelopes. They were also confiscated and all three men were taken in for questioning. The money, totalling more than $98,000, was sniffed by a narcotics dog revealing there was drug residue.

Mrs. Gordon-Pamplin sent an e-mail to the UBP and the press calling her husband "worthless". She later said to this reporter that she regretted that statement and didn't mean it in a derogatory way.

She has also said she will have nothing to do with her husband's charges and has done everything she feels necessary.