HIRE car driver Kwesie Samuel, called “Big Worm”, aged 39,  of  Lot 231 Kadarville and Cummingsville, respectively,  in the  New Amsterdam township, was on Monday remanded to prison after he pleaded not guilty to a charge of trafficking in narcotics.

The defendant is alleged to have had six kilograms of compressed marijuana in his possession on Friday, July 17, 2015.
In the New Amsterdam Magistrates Court, Police Corporal Desiree Pilgrim, prosecuting, objected to pre-trial liberty for the defendant, on grounds of the prevalence and seriousness of the offence.
Additionally, she noted that no special reasons for bail were advanced  by the defendant.
The court upheld Pilgrim’s submissions, refused bail and adjourned the case until Tuesday, August 11, 2015.
On the day in question,  the police were on patrol in the housing scheme area, where they were alerted by the sound of masking tape, which they presumed was being used to tape parcels.
At the time, motor car HD 7421 was parked in front of the house. As ranks surrounded the car, the suspect was seen exiting the house, and ,on seeing the police threw a brown, bulky bag over the nearby fence.
The bag was retrieved, and on opening it, police said a taped parcel, which when opened, contained leaves, seeds and stems, suspected to be cannabis.
The suspect, along with his vehicle, was escorted to the Central Police Station, where a search was carried out under the rear bumper of the car. There, an additional five taped parcels containing dried, compressed marijuana were unearthed.
The narcotic was weighed and it amounted to six kilograms or 13.3pounds.