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Cops Catch Carmelita Cannabis Couriers
posted (January 4, 2019)
Two men from Carmelita were busted with over 10 pounds of weed on Wednesday. Today in court, only one plead guilty but both are still behind bars.

36 year old Edwardo Chuck and 25 year old Juan Carlos Reimundo, were on a motorbike when they attempted to elude police on the Phillip Goldson Highway. The cops set chase and caught them in Carmelita.

They found 11 and a half pounds of weed inside an orange handbag.

In court Reimundo plead guilty to drug trafficking. He was sentenced to two years in jail and slapped with a fine of $10 thousand dollars. In default he is to be imprisoned for another three years.

Edwardo Chuck, pleaded not guilty; however the prosecution did not withdraw the case against him. He was offered bail of $6,000 which he has failed to meet at this time. His case has been adjourned to March 5th.

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