Surinamese on drug charge granted bail

Aug 27, 2016 Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News

The 31-year-old Surinamese national who was reportedly nabbed with a large quantity of illegal drugs has been granted bail in the sum of $100,000.
The man Rachlie Grad, called “Blacka,” of Pammanga Straat No. 58 Paramaribo, and of ‘C’ Field, Sophia, where he lives with his wife and 3-year-old daughter, yesterday made his second appearance before Magistrate Rabindranath Singh in the Springlands Magistrate’s Court on a charge of possession of narcotics for the purpose of trafficking.
When the matter was called it was learnt that the Prosecution’s main witness – the police corporal who effected the arrest is out of the jurisdiction and will be away for about a month. This prompted Grad’s lawyer, Ramesh Rajkumar, to ask for bail. Rajkumar argued that his client is entitled to a trial within a reasonable time and the absence of the policemen from the jurisdiction would cause unnecessary delay, thus infringing his client’s rights.
Grad was allegedly intercepted around 08:00 hrs on Saturday August 13 at the No. 78 “Gloves ‘backtrack’ Landing”, Corentyne, Berbice, with 27 grams of hashish, nine grams of Ecstasy and six small Ziploc plastic bags containing a quantity of crystal-like substance suspected to be Crystal Meth.
The prosecution’s case was that the police and officers of the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) – Law Enforcement Unit, were conducting searches on passengers who had arrived by speedboat and were offloading on the foreshore. Grad, who was among the passengers, had his belongings checked.
During the process, the ranks checked a pair of Air Max boots and found a plastic parcel containing a hard brownish substance, which was later proven to be Hashish. They also found 19 Strawberry-shaped pills which were later confirmed to be Ecstasy and the Ziploc bags with the Crystal Meth. The prohibited drugs were found in the sneakers.
Grad is to return to court on October 6.

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