A 55-YEAR-OLD minibus driver of Tabatinga, Lethem, who was recently busted at Mabura Police Outpost with a quantity of cannabis and cocaine, was on Tuesday charged for drug trafficking.

Garfield Parker appeared before Chief Magistrate, Ann McLennan and denied that on October 1, at Mabura Police Checkpoint, he had in his possession 24.9 kilograms of cannabis along with 200 grams of cocaine, for the purpose of trafficking.
Parker denied the charges and was remanded to prison until October 11 where the matter will be heard at the Linden Magistrate’s Court.

According to reports, on Sunday, October 1, at about 04:00 hrs, the police acting on information received, stopped minibus BKK 8295 and conducted a search at Mabura Police Station. Two cardboard boxes and a multi-coloured suitcase was found and a quantity of taped parcels were retrieved, containing leaves, seeds and stems suspected to be cannabis, along with a small plastic parcel containing what is suspected to be cocaine.

The drugs were weighed and the cannabis amounted to 24.9 kilograms and the cocaine 200 grams. Parker, who was the driver, claimed ownership and knowledge of the drugs and told police that he was transporting the drugs for someone in Lethem.