Last week Wednesday, we told you about the major bust police made near the Orange Walk toll bridge. Special Branch police intercepted an Immigration department pickup, a Mahindra, allegedly smuggling over 7 pounds of weed. Inside were three immigration department staffers, comprising two officers and one driver.
Well today after a few days quarantine ending with a negative test for COVID 19, al three men were take to Orange Walk Magistrate's Court.
36 year old driver Stephen WILLIAMS, 41 year old immigration officer Albert Llewelyn MUNNINGS and 26 year old Wilmer Justin COCOM were arraigned on charges of Drug Trafficking.
They were escorted to the Orange Walk Magistrate's court where they appeared before Senior Magistrate Merlene Moody where they were read a single charge of "Possession of Controlled drug with intent to supply to another".
All three men pled not guilty, and the police prosecution had no objection to bail, so they were each offered bail at ten thousand dollars plus two sureties of five thousand dollars each.
All men were represented by Attorney Richard Dickie Bradley. They are scheduled to return to court on September 23rd 2020.
The weed was in a brown cardboard and weighed 3.3 kilos or seven and a quarter pounds.
They were made to get a COVID test because the drugs are believed to have originated in Mexico.
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