A ROUTE 72 minibus driver, who was busted with $14M worth of cannabis which was stashed inside two spare wheels on his minibus, was, on Friday, remanded to prison on a drug trafficking charge.

Seon Bakker called ‘Akbar’, of Wismar, Linden, appeared before the Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court and pleaded not guilty to the charge.
Particulars of the charge alleged that, on June 15, 2019, at Mabura, Upper Demerara River, Bakker had 28.148 kilograms of cannabis in his possession for the purpose of trafficking.
According to the police statements presented in court by Police Prosecutor, Gordon Mansfield, ranks at the Mabura Police Outpost intercepted minibus bearing registration BNN 7872 which was being driven by Bakker.

The minibus was searched, along with the two spare wheels which were strapped on the roof of the vehicle. The wheels were inspected by the police and suspicions were raised since it seemed bulky.

The police decided to cut them with an electric saw and several packets of compressed cannabis fell out.

According to the prosecutor, when Bakker was arrested, he told the police that while in Georgetown, a man named ‘George’ asked him to deliver the two wheels to a man named ‘Greg’ at Madiha.

Mansfield objected to Bakker being released on bail, citing the seriousness of the charge. The magistrate upheld the prosecutor’s objection and remanded Bakker to prison.
The matter was transferred to the Linden Magistrate’s Court for July 10, 2019.