–deny drugs in gas cylinder were theirs

FOLLOWING the discovery of almost 126 pounds of cannabis stashed inside three gas cylinders at a home in Tucville, Georgetown, a couple was on Monday charged for drug trafficking and arraigned before Chief Magistrate, Ann McLennan.

Maliva Softleigh and Colin Denny denied that between November 14 and November 15 at Lot ‘C’ Tucville, Georgetown, they had in their possession 57.086 kilos of cannabis for the purpose of trafficking.

The couple’s attorney, James Bond, made an application for bail on the ground that there are special reasons, since the drug was not found in the couple’s home but elsewhere.
But Police Prosecutor, Arwin Moore told the court that the drugs were found at Softleigh’s cousin’s house by ranks from the Custom Anti-Narcotics Unit following a tip-off.

The cousin denied having knowledge of the drugs, and told the ranks that it was Softleigh who had purchased the gas cylinders and arranged for them to be taken by a taxi to her home for keeping.

The cannabis was found stashed in transparent Ziploc bags inside three empty gas cylinders, after CANU ranks had them cut in half.
The chief magistrate, after considering the details as told by both the prosecution and the defence, released the couple on $400,000 bail and adjourned the matter to December 18.