DHANRAJ Rambarran, 58, and his wife, Khamwattie Rambarran, 53, on Tuesday, April 30, 2019, appeared before Magistrate Esther Sam at the Anna Regina Magistrate’s Court for trafficking two women, one a Venezuelan, for sexual exploitation at La Cabana Bar and Hotel.

The Rambarrans were initially charged with using their property as a brothel.
The director of public prosecutions (DPP) had advised that the charges be dropped and the couple be charged with two counts of trafficking in persons, based on the evidence.

The new charges read that, between January 1, 2019, and February 16, 2019, at La Cabana Bar, Henrietta Village, Essequibo Coast, the couple recruited, transported and harboured the women for sexual exploitation.

The couple pleaded not guilty to the two charges, while their attorney, Bernard DaSilva, made an application for bail.

Magistrate Sam granted the couple $200,000 bail each and adjourned the matter to May 15, 2019.

The Guyana Chronicle had reported that the elderly couple was nabbed at La Cabana Bar and Hotel during a Trafficking in Persons (TIPs) raid conducted by the police and a Ministerial Task Force TIP team from Georgetown.