FIFTY-ONE-YEAR-OLD Rudy Kurt was on Tuesday remanded to prison by Magistrate Leron Daly at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court for having cannabis in his possession for the purpose of trafficking.

Kurt, who resides at Lot 327 Kuru Kuru, Soesdyke-Linden Highway, pleaded not guilty to the charge, which read that on May 3, 2019, at Sherriff Street, Campbellville, he had in his possession nine kilogrammes of cannabis in his possession for the purpose of trafficking.

In court, he was represented by Attorney-at-Law Dhurjan, who made an application for reasonable bail to be granted his client, since he is the sole breadwinner for his 13 children. According to the attorney, on the day in question, Kurt was a passenger in taxi HC 193 running his daily errands as a vendor. He further stated that the cannabis was found in a plastic bag in the trunk of the vehicle.

The prosecution is contending that on the day in question, the defendant confessed that he owned all the bags in the trunk and was taken along with the driver of the vehicle to the Criminal Investigation Department headquarters.

Kurt was remanded him to prison until his next court appearance on May 10, 2019.