A MOTHER of two minor children was yesterday granted $100,000 bail by Magistrate Ann McLennan on a drug trafficking charge. Thirty-year-old Nadera Persaud made her appearance at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts and pleaded not guilty to the charge that said on Saturday, July 11 at Lot 15 Norton Street, Werk-en-Rust, Georgetown, she had in her possession 25 grammes of marijuana for the purpose of trafficking.
Persaud was represented by attorney-at-law, Mr. Glenn Hanoman. He urged the court to consider bail on the special circumstances that the illegal substance was concealed in a house which Persaud was occupying along with other people.
The defence counsel argued that because his client was at home at that time, the police told her that she will be charged. He added that there was also a visually-impaired person in the house at that time.
The court heard that her husband who is the owner of a dredge was present in court to support his wife.
Bail was granted to Persaud on the grounds of the multiple occupancy of the home and the matter was put off to August 3.