Trio busted with 70lbs ganja remanded

Feb 02, 2019 News

Two Guyanese and a Venezuelan who were arrested by Customs Anti Narcotics Unit (CANU) ranks with over 70 pounds of marijuana were yesterday remanded to prison for the offence.

Remanded Ricardo Garcia

The men, Ricardo Garcia, 32, a Venezuelan; Emroy Carvaio, 20, and Siddique Karahmad, 27, all appeared before Magistrate Zamilla Ali-Seepaul in the Leonora Magistrate’s Court.
It is alleged that on Thursday, at Vergenoegen, East Bank Demerara, they trafficked 32.05 kilograms of marijuana.
They all denied the allegation after it was read to them.
Facts presented by CANU Prosecutor, Konyo Sandiford, stated that Garcia contacted Carvaio and made arrangements for him to supply him with a quantity of marijuana.
The court heard that Carvaio then contacted Karahmad who is a taxi driver and asked that he transport himself and Garcia who came to Guyana to collect the drugs.

Remanded Emroy Carvaio

However, CANU ranks acting on information received, went to Vergenoegen where they kept the men under close surveillance for a period of time.
After the men were all in Karahmad’s vehicle, the officer arrested them.

Siddique Karahmad

A search was then carried out and several parcels of marijuana were found in the vehicle.

Sandiford made strenuous objections to bail being granted to the trio citing the prevalence of the offence and the penalty the charge attracts.
She went on to tell the court that the Prosecution team has overwhelming evidence against the men for the offence charge.
The Magistrate remanded the men to prison.
They were instructed to make their next court appearance on February 18 for report.

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