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Three charged for ganja bust at John Fernandes wharf

Nov 03, 2009 News

Three people who were held after a ganja shipment was busted on Saturday last at the John Fernandes wharf, yesterday made their court appearance before Magistrate Hazel Octive Hamilton. The three were charged with possession of narcotics for the purpose of trafficking.
Cordell Wale Joseph, Sharon Merlyn Smith and Jason Naughton, all pleaded not guilty to the charge.
It is alleged that on October 31 at the John Fernandes wharf the three persons were found with 28 kg of cannabis in their possession for the purpose of trafficking. Sharon Smith and Jason Naughton were each placed on $80,000 bail. They are expected to return to court on November 9. While Cordell Joseph was placed on $75,000 bail and is scheduled to return to court on November 11.
On Saturday last, an alert security guard attached to John Fernandes wharf helped snatch a shipment of compressed marijuana from a vessel, destined for the local market. The incoming vessel, Stadt Rendsburg, had sailed from Venezuela three days prior to the incident.
In Port Georgetown, one of the porters who must have been alerted to the shipment, tossed the compressed marijuana overboard to waiting boats below.
As soon as the bags went over the side, the guards clambered aboard to arrest the stevedore who was tossing them over.
At the same time others dived overboard to grab the bags. They recovered a large jute bag and many smaller packets contained in large plastic bags. Immediately the guards notified the Customs Anti Narcotics Unit and the police who rushed to the wharf. The stevedore was arrested but those manning the boats managed to escape.

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