Venezuelan granted $500,000 bail on narco charge  

THE trio busted earlier in January with 42 kilograms of cannabis made their fourth appearance before Essequibo Magistrate Esther Sam at the Suddie Magistrate’s court on Friday.

The Venezuelan, Manuel Diaz, 36, of Sand Felix, Venezuela, was granted bail in the sum of $500,000 after his lawyer James Bond made representation.
Essequibo police prosecutor Haimwant Ramsewack told the court that the file on the matter is still at the police narcotics branch in Georgetown, and to date, he had not receive any update on the matter.

After hearing this, Essequibo Magistrate Esther Sam said if the file is not completed by April 12, she would be forced to dismiss the case.

The trio is being represented by Bond.
Eknauth Persaud, called “Patel” of Lot 66 Onderneeming and Dhanraj Singh called “Roy Pang” of Golden Fleece Estate, Essequibo Coast, were earlier granted bail in the sum of $1 million in connection with the drug bust.
They were charged with possession of narcotics for the purpose of trafficking, but pleaded not guilty to the charge when it was read to them.

It is alleged that on January 6 around 17:30hrs, the trio had in their possession 42 kilograms of cannabis for the purpose of trafficking. They were caught during a joint operation by ranks of ‘G’ Division.

The ranks went to back street Golden Fleece, Essequibo Coast, where a motor car PMM 9059 was seen proceeding in a northern direction.

The car had two occupants with the driver Dhanraj Singh called “Roy Pang” who is also the owner of the vehicle.
Ranks stopped the car and conducted a search in the presence of the persons and found two white bags containing 70 parcels wrapped with clear tapes and brown card boards. Each parcel contained leaves, seeds and stem suspected to be cannabis.
The trio was told of the offence, but remained silent.
The suspected cannabis was weighed and amounted to 42 kilograms. The matter will be called again on April 12.

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