HIRE car driver Kwesie  Samuel called ‘Big Worm,’ aged 39, of  Lot 231 Kadarville and Cummingsville, respectively,  in the  New Amsterdam township, was granted $800,000 bail following a petition before acting Chief Justice Ian Chang.Samuel’s pre-trial liberty was allowed at the High Court after the defendant was denied bail at the New Amsterdam Magistrates’ Court, where he was charged with trafficking in narcotics.
The defendant is alleged to have had six kilograms of compressed marijuana in his possession on Friday, July 17.
Following his appearance at the lower court, Police Corporal Desiree Pilgrim, prosecuting, had objected to pre- trial liberty on the grounds of prevalence and seriousness of the offence.
Additionally, she noted that no special reason for bail was advanced by the defendant.
The court upheld Pilgrim’s submissions and had refused bail.
On that day, the police were on mobile patrol in the Cummingsville Housing Scheme area, where they were alerted by the sound of masking tape, which they presumed was being used to tape parcels. Voices were also overheard asking about the scheduled closure of the Berbice River Bridge.
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 was found to contain 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 back 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 13.3 pounds.