WANDA Hodge, 27, of Campbellville Housing Scheme, Georgetown, was allegedly nabbed with forged US currency to the value of $250 while she was a passenger in motorcar PSS 2927, which was travelling along the Bush Lot road, Corentyne, on August 28 last.Police on mobile patrol intercepted the heavily tinted vehicle after their suspicion was aroused. There were also four other male occupants in the vehicle who were detained. However, Hodge appeared before Magistrate Sherdel Isaacs Marcus at the New Amsterdam Court on Tuesday and she was granted $50,000 bail.
However, she was escorted to the nearby New Amsterdam penitentiary as she was unable to post bail.
The matter was transferred to the Fort Wellington Magistrate’s Court where it is fixed for hearing on September 15.