The five men implicated in the recent drug bust at Batavia Island, in the Cuyuni River, yesterday made another court appearance. Four of them are Guyanese but only three, Clint Collier, Deonarine Singh and Randolph Singh, together with Venezuelan Luis Alberto Garcia, appeared before Acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry yesterday.
The fifth defendant, Guyanese Terry James, was not present in court as he is still hospitalised.
The four in court yesterday, who made their appearance on the first occasion, pleaded not guilty to narcotic trafficking. Particulars of the offence said, on June 9, they had 149 kilogrammes 638 grammes of cocaine for that purpose.
The matter was transferred to the Bartica court for June 30.