Man charged for cocaine trafficking involving ex-cop
Delvor Bunbury
Delvor Bunbury

As the investigation continues into the missing cocaine from the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) Headquarters at Eve Leary, 28-year-old Delvor Bunbury has been charged in relation to the drug bust.
Bunbury turned himself in almost two weeks after a wanted bulletin was issued for his arrest.

On Friday, he appeared before Magistrate Leron Daly at the Georgetown Magistrates Court and was remanded to prison until October 20.
He denied that on September 11 at Bel Air, Georgetown, he had 1.858 kilograms of cocaine for the purpose of trafficking.
The illegal substance is related to the case involving ex-policeman Travis Mendonca, who was recently sentenced to three years in prison after almost four pounds of cocaine was discovered stashed in a false bottom of his suitcase.
The ex-cop was preparing to board a New York-bound flight when the discovery was made. The cocaine was extracted and kept as exhibits at CID HQ. However, earlier this week, the evidence was discovered missing and an investigation is currently ongoing.
Mendonca was recently sentenced to three years in prison after he pleaded guilty to a trafficking- -in-narcotics charge.

Attorney-at-law Latchmie Rahmat told the court that Bunbury had no knowledge of the drug, nor did he have care or control of the substance.
Rahmat also told the court that the police could not locate the cocaine to have it weighed in front of him (Bunbury).

However, Police Prosecutor Simone Payne told the court that Bunbury had supplied the suitcase with the drugs inside to Mendonca. Payne pointed out that the defendant hired a taxi to transport the suitcase to be dropped off at Mendonca.
Last March, Bunbury was among a trio who was remanded to prison for trafficking 588 grams of cocaine. He and Gavin Harris were accused of giving a bag containing narcotics to former police rank Louie Dublin.
The charge read that Bunbury and Gavin Harris on March 17 at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport, both had in their possession 588 grams of cocaine for the purpose of trafficking.
The former police rank, Dublin, 21, also pleaded not guilty to cocaine possession.
Facts presented by Police Prosecutor Sanj Singh stated that on the day in question, members of the police force carried out a sting operation at the Lotus Restaurant and Bar which is located at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport.

Dublin was searched and the cocaine was found in his possession.
Singh further stated that when Dublin was arrested, he gave the police a caution statement, saying he was given the bag by two individuals whom he named as Devon Bunbury and Gavin Harris and apologised for having the substance in his possession.

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