A MAN and a woman who were arrested after Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) ranks found almost 100 pounds of cannabis at New Amsterdam, were, on Friday, remanded to prison. Veerasammy Armogan called “Vishal” of Crabwood Creek, Corentyne, Berbice was charged with procuring narcotics, while Alma John of Glasgow Village, East Bank Berbice, was charged with trafficking the drug. They appeared virtually before Magistrate Renita Singh at the New Amsterdam Magistrate’s Court.

Armogan pleaded not guilty to the offence which alleged that between February 1- March 3, 2021, between Skeldon Public Road, Corentyne Berbice; Glasgow Village, East Bank Berbice, and Crabwood Creek Public Road, he procured John to traffick 44.947 kilograms of cannabis. The said narcotics was intercepted at Princess Elizabeth Street, New Amsterdam.

Meanwhile, John denied that on March 3, 2021 at her Glasgow home, she trafficked the said narcotics.
The duo was remanded to prison until March 26.
According to a CANU report, the defendants were arrested during an operation in New Amsterdam. Ranks intercepted a car with marijuana packed in several bulky plastic-wrapped parcels.
Armogan is accused of being the principal offender to this enterprise. He reportedly made arrangements with several persons to traffic the narcotics. One such person was John whom he got to store the narcotics at her home. John also reportedly helped to place the said narcotics into the car trunk.