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Father of three remanded for ‘coke’ in suitcase
A father of three children was denied his pretrial liberty yesterday when he appeared before City Magistrate Judy Latchman on a drug trafficking charge.
Lincoln Johnson
The man, 46-year-old Lincoln Johnson of Liliendaal, East Coast Demerara pleaded not guilty to the charge after it was read to him in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts.
Particulars of the charge stated that on October 31, at the Cheddi Jagan International (CJIA) Airport Timehri, he had 4.160kilogrammes of cocaine in his possession for the purpose of trafficking.
Johnson was remanded to prison until November 12, when he will appear before Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan.
The defendant was represented by Attorney, Mark Waldron.
Although the attorney made no bail application on his client’s behalf, he told the court that Johnson has no pending or previous matters.
In relating the facts of the matter, Police Prosecutor, Corporal Bharrat Mangru, informed the court that on the day in question, around 16:25hrs, the defendant was an outgoing passenger at the CJIA destined for New York.
Mangru explained that as Johnson was about to board his flight, Customs Anti Narcotics Unit (CANU) ranks observed him acting in a suspicious manner, after placing a black suitcase for screening.
The prosecutor related that during screening, several black objects were noticed around the suitcase, which led to a search being conducted.
It was then CANU ranks found a whitish rock-like substance suspected to be cocaine. Mangru said that the defendant was told of the offence committed and taken into custody, where the substance tested positive for cocaine. Johnson was subsequently charged.
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