Vendor granted bail on alleged narco trafficking charge

When Wesley Hinds, of Kitty, Georgetown, appeared before Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan on Thursday at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts, he was granted bail in the sum of $30,000 following a not-guilty plea to a charge of trafficking some 24 grams of cannabis.
The Police’s case is that the said narcotic was found in the possession of the defendant after a search conducted on his person at Sandy Babb Street in Kitty, Georgetown on December 19, 2017.
Hinds sought to dispute the Police’s case by contending that he was never busted with any such drug. According to him, he was on a bench looking through a window when a police vehicle pulled up in front of the premises where some 15 persons were present at the time. However, he omitted details as to how he was arrested or what prompted his arrest.
The vendor, who sells on the Kitty Seawall, was ordered to return to court on January 22, 2018. Meanwhile, he is out on bail pending the outcome of the trial, the conditions of which require him to report to the Kitty Police Station every Friday.