TREVOR Forde, a 56-year-old resident of Fourth Street, Albertown, was yesterday, April 15, 2019, brought before Principal Magistrate, Sherdel Isaac Marcus, at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court for having illegal drugs in his possession.

He denied the charge which read that, on April 11, 2019 at Fourth Street, Albertown, he had six and a half grammes of cocaine in his possession for the purpose of trafficking.
According to Prosecutor Quinn Harris, the police went to the defendant’s home where, on conducting a search in his presence, they recovered the said cocaine on a plate. However, Forde told the ranks that it might have been the property of his 21-year-old nephew whom he claimed lived with him.

Forde told the court that the police told him he had stolen a Samsung Galaxy S4 and 3 motor cycles. He further stated that they had taken out the sim and gave it to the family but did not lodge the phone at the station. He then went to the station to bail his friend and was told by the police that drugs were found in his house.

The Magistrate granted the accused bail in the sum of $20,000 and ordered him to make his next court appearance on April 29, 2019.