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Drug dealer refused bail
Wayne Lindie, 37, called “Wayne” of Glasgow Housing scheme who was caught with a bag containing a quantity of marijuana was remanded to jail by Magistrate Adela Nagamootoo when he appeared before her at the New Amsterdam Magistrate’s court, yesterday, and pleaded not guilty to the charge of possession of narcotics for the purpose of trafficking.
Corporal Orin Joseph told the court that on February 11, between 10:00 hrs and 11:00 hrs police were on mobile patrol in the Stanleytown area when they noticed a man hurrying down a lonely dam in the vicinity of the New Amsterdam Tannery. The man had a black garbage bag slung over his shoulder.
The police pursued the man whom they challenged, stopped and searched. They found a number of large parcels inside the bag.
The parcels which were suspected to contain leaves, seeds and stems of the marijuana were seized while Lindie was arrested. The drug weighed eight kilograms.
Bail was refused and he was remanded to jail until March 19, 2013.
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