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Devin Sears granted $400k high court bail
(Kaieteur News) – After spending more than two weeks on remand for allegedly trafficking marijuana, former Member of Parliament (MP) and member of Alliance for Change (AFC) Devin Sears was on Friday granted $400,000 bail by the high court.
Granted bail, Devin Sears
On October 23, Magistrate Rushelle Liverpool at the Linden Magistrate’s Court, remanded 39-year-old Sears to prison after he pleaded not guilty to the charge. His co-accused, 69-year-old Albert Sandy, was sentenced to four years imprisonment following his guilty plea.
Sears’ lawyer Nigel Hughes confirmed a successful application for bail was made before Chief Justice (ag) Navindra Singh at the High Court on Friday. Hughes and attorney Bernard Da Silva appeared for Sears, who is set to return to the Linden Magistrate’s Court on November 11 for a report and disclosure.
Sears and Sandy were nabbed on the morning of October 20, with a quantity of ganja during a police-stop-and-search operation at Bamia, Region 10.
In a statement, police said that at about 20:41hrs, a team was on mobile patrol duties in the vicinity of the Old Bamia Police Checkpoint in Linden, when they arrested Sears and Sandy, a farmer of Tacama, Upper Berbice River. The men were found to be in possession of 310.71 kilograms of cannabis.
According to the police, while on patrol duties, the ranks were conducting random ‘stop and search’, when they stopped a dark blue Toyota Hiace minibus, bearing registration number BAJ 4486, property of Region #10 Tourism Committee Inc. The vehicle was driven by Sears, of Mackenzie, Linden, accompanied by Sandy who was seated in the front passenger seat.
Police said upon stopping the vehicle, the driver began acting in a suspicious manner (sweating profusely). One of the ranks asked the driver what he was transporting, to which he replied, “I am transporting tourism plants.” The rank then instructed the driver to pull to the side of the road and informed him that a search would be conducted on the vehicle. The driver acknowledged.
Police discovered twenty-two bulky black plastic bags and four large brown canvas bags inside the vehicle containing leaves, seeds, and stems suspected to be cannabis. Both men were told of the offence, arrested, and cautioned.
Sears, police said, remained silent, while Sandy admitted ownership, stating that the narcotics belonged to him and that he had paid Sears to transport him to Parika. Both men were arrested and escorted to the Mackenzie Police Station along with the suspected cannabis, which was weighed in their presence and amounted to 310.71 kilograms.
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