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Mother, daughter remanded after selling cocaine to cop
A pregnant Ayesha Rodriques and her mother Jacqueline Rodriques were remanded to prison by Magistrate Fabayo Azore when they turned up at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court on Friday on Drug Trafficking charges.
Jacqueline and Ayesha Rodriques
being escorted by a Police Officer at
the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court.
It is alleged that on Thursday August 6 at D’Urban Street, Georgetown, the pregnant woman sold 296 grams of the drug to a Police Constable.
Ayesha Rodriques pleaded not guilty to the charge but told the Magistrate that it was not that much cocaine as it was only about six to eight grams.
Her mother Jacqueline, who was charged with Possession of Narcotics for the purpose of trafficking, also pleaded not guilty.
The facts of the matter stated that police, acting on information, conducted an operation and went to the 54 D’Urban Street, Werk-en-Rust address and purchased 296 grams of cocaine from 22-year old Ayesha Rodriques.
The police then identified themselves and went into the house and conducted a search of the premises where they found labelled money under a bedroom floor board.
But by then the young expectant mother had flushed the remainder of the cocaine down a toilet.
Her mother who was also in the house was arrested by the police.
Attorney-at-Law Paul Fung-A-Fat, who represented both women, told the court that Ayesha Rodriques is currently three and a half months pregnant and is a self-employed clothes vendor. Jacqueline Rodriques is 42 years old and is also a clothes vendor.
During the hearing, the pregnant Rodriques burst into tears and began to vomit in the court while crying out for water. A police officer then went to her assistance and began fanning her.
At this point Police Prosecutor Dinero Jones said that the senior Rodriques was present on the premises at the time of the raid and she was the one who said that the drugs were hers and that her daughter just sold it to the police.
He then objected to bail citing the nature and gravity of the charge.
The Magistrate at this point asked everyone to leave the court room so that Ayesha Rodriques could get some air since she began sweating profusely and appeared to be in a semi-conscious condition.
After she was revived, Rodrigues and her mother were told by Magistrate Azore that they were remanded to prison until Monday August 10 when they will make their next appearance before Magistrate Ann McLennan.
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