“Zipper” for court today for $2M cocaine found at Campbellville house
Two men who were this week arrested by the Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) following a cocaine bust at a house at Craig Street, Campbellville, Georgetown are expected to appear at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts this morning on drug trafficking charges.
The cocaine found by CANU at the house
Eon Joseph, 33, and Andre Gomes, called “Zipper”, 60, were arrested and escorted to CANU Headquarters after $2 million in cocaine was found at the house. During an operation there on Tuesday night, CANU seized two kilogrammes of cocaine.
Gomes had previously been charged with drug trafficking, but was never convicted. Three years ago, Gomes was freed of a cocaine trafficking charge after it was found that insufficient evidence surrounded the case.
Based on previous reports, back in 2018, Gomes was arrested in the same Campbellville area after CANU ranks had found just over two pounds of cocaine at a house.
He was arrested after a wanted bulletin was issued for him. Three years before that case, Gomes was arrested and charged for the shooting of a taxi driver outside Palm Court on Main Street, Georgetown. He was also freed of that charge because of insufficient evidence. (G1)
