…remanded for narco-trafficking
A Soesdyke, East Bank Demerara (EBD) businesswoman was on Tuesday slapped with three charges and appeared before Magistrate Sherdel Isaacs-Marcus at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts. Shanaz Mohammed, 38, of Lot 315 Back Road, Soesdyke, EBD, denied the charges of narcotics possession, the sale of alcohol without a licence and escaping from the Timehri Police Station.
The mother of four denied that on May 6, at Soesdyke, she sold or offered for sale rum while not being licenced for same.
She also denied having 487 grams of cannabis in her possession for the purpose of trafficking on the same day at the said location.
Mohammed, who was also charged for escaping while being in custody at the Timehri Police Station Enquires Office on May 8 denied the charge.
Mohammed’s place of business was searched by Police ranks who were acting on information when the alleged narcotics, along with the alcohol, were discovered hidden behind a fridge in her living room.
The woman, who could not produce an alcohol licence for the rum, was taken into Police custody while the cannabis was weighed and amounted to 487 grams.
She was arrested and later charged for the offences. However, while in Police custody, the woman reportedly escaped and was recaptured on June 3, hiding in a house close to her residence.
Her Attorney, Stanley Moore, told ranks that his client did not escape but was however allowed to leave the Police Station.
In a bail application, Moore informed Magistrate Isaac-Marcus that the house in which the narcotic was found is being occupied by several persons.
However, bail was denied and Mohammed was remanded on a trafficking in narcotics charge.
She was released on $70,000 for being unlicensed to sell alcohol and a further $100,000 for escaping Police custody. The case will continue at the Providence Magistrate’s Court on June 19.
