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No bail for cargo assistant on ganja charge

Sep 17, 2008 News

Acing Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson-Ogle has refused bail to an employee of the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA), Timehri, after he was charged with possession of narcotics for the purpose of trafficking.
The accused, Ellerton Keston Lyte, made his appearance yesterday at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court. It is alleged that on Saturday, September 13, at CJIA, he had in his possession 11 kilograms of cannabis for the purpose of trafficking. To the charge Lyte pleaded not guilty. He was represented by Defence Counsel Basil Williams.
Williams in making a bail application told the court that his client is 20 years of age and is gainfully employed at the Airport as a cargo assistant and driver. According to Williams, his client only recently returned from Antigua where he attended a training programme. Williams told the court that on the day in question his client merely picked up the trailer from one location at the airport and drove it to another location. Sometime after, Williams said, his client was called in by the police and told that the drugs had been discovered in the trailer. The court was told that Lyte has no previous brushes with the law and all assurances have been given by his parents that he will return to court for his trial.
However police prosecutor Sherwin Matthews objected to bail. Matthews said given the circumstances surrounding the drug being found, it shows that the accused had knowledge of the drugs being in the trailer.

According to Matthews, normally any trailer would be stopped at a checkpoint for it to be searched before heading to the cargo area and the fact that Lyte did not go to the checkpoint suggests that he had knowledge of the drugs.
After listening to the arguments the Magistrate ruled in favour of the prosecution and bail was refused. Lyte is scheduled to make his next court appearance on October 6.

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