A FIFTY-four-year-old labourer of Lot 68, Leopold Street, Werk-en-Rust, Georgetown, was yesterday refused bail by Magistrate Ann McLennan on a drug-trafficking charge.

Avril Lavern Crowter denied the charge that said on Wednesday, July 29, 2015 at Cross and Leopold Streets, Georgetown, she had in her possession 17 grammes of cocaine for the purpose of trafficking.
Crowter told the court that she lives with her guardian Roxanne Wilson at the address mentioned and works as a labourer at the Linden Bus Park.
The unrepresented woman told the court that on the day in question, she was assisting a lady with her glass-case which tilted, causing some money to fall out. The defendant explained to the court that she swiftly collected the money that fell out and placed it in her underwear.
She further related that after she went home the police arrived, tied her up, placed her into their vehicle and took her to the station. Crowter recalled that the ranks beat her and tied her up, causing her blue underwear to come off and her private parts to be exposed to eight men. Crowter questioned, “Who would give me that much cocaine to sell?”
Meanwhile, the prosecution’s facts which contradicted the defence allegations stated that on the day in question, the police acting on information went to a house on Leopold Street, where they identified themselves as police officers.
The ranks saw the defendant and approached her, when they saw her holding a plastic bag containing the alleged substance in her hand and acting in a suspicious manner. Subsequently, she was told of the offence and arrested and charged.
She was remanded to prison and the matter was adjourned, to Friday, August 14, 2015.