Mother of 2 gets bail on cocaine trafficking charge

A mother of two was on Thursday released on bail by Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan on a cocaine trafficking charge.

Thirty-three-year-old Claudia Hussain of Waterfront, Port Kaituma, North West District (NWD), Region One (Barima-Waini) appeared at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts and denied the charge when it was read to her.
Particulars of the charge stated that on February 18, 2020 at Waterfront, Port Kaituma, she had 3.2 grams of cocaine in her possession for the purpose of trafficking.
Attorney-at-Law Tameka Clarke, who represented Hussain, asked the court to release her client on reasonable bail.
Clarke told the court that the alleged drug was not found in her client’s yard.
However, the Police Prosecutor told the court that on the day in question, upon seeing the ranks, the woman threw a bottle through a window. The bottle was later retrieved and the suspected cocaine was found inside.
The Prosecutor objected to bail being granted to the woman on the grounds of the seriousness of the charge and the penalty it attracts.
Chief Magistrate McLennan, after listening to the prosecutor, released the woman on $70,000 bail and ordered her to report to the Port Kaituma Police Station every Friday until the hearing and determination of the matter.
The case was adjourned to May 7, 2020, at the Matthews Ridge Magistrate’s Court.