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GEORGETOWN, Guyana, Apr 06 2016 – A Jamaican national has been remanded into custody after he appeared in court here on drug trafficking, forgery and overstaying his time in the country.
Police said that Alfred Wellington allegedly had in his possession 1.324 kilogrammes of cocaine for the purpose of trafficking on April 2, 2016.
The police also allege that between April 18, 2011 and April 2, 2016 he failed to comply with conditions of a permit and overstayed his permitted time in Guyana.
Wellington is also accused of conspiring with a person or persons unknown to forge a driver’s license in favour of himself to show that it was issued by the Guyana Revenue Authority’s (GRA) Licence and Revenue Office.
Attorney Peter Hugh told the court that police found no drug on his client, but instead took him to a lower flat of the building where they showed him a bag containing the alleged narcotic.
Hugh told the court that Wellington did not accept ownership of the bag and its contents and that they were not found in his presence.
However, prosecutor, Inspector Neville Jeffers told the court that the cocaine was found in the presence of the accused and that he showed the officers where the narcotic was found.
Jeffers objected to bail on the grounds that the accused is a flight risk because he is not a Guyanese.
Police have since held his passport.
Chief Magistrate, Ann Mc Lennan refused the accused bail and remanded him to prison until April 25, 2016.
