A Nigerian national was remanded on Tuesday, April 3, by Magistrate Hazel Octive- Hamilton after he was intercepted in Berbice by the Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) ranks while attempting to smuggle cocaine to Suriname.
The accused: Sulaiman Adeboye Adelodun
Sulaiman Adeboye Adelodun, 37, of Lot 35 William Street, Kitty, Georgetown, appeared at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts to answer to the charge of trafficking in narcotics.
The defendant pleaded not guilty to the charge, which stated that on April 2, at Bharat Landing, Number 78 Village, Corentyne, he had in his possession 21.748 kilograms of cocaine for the purpose of trafficking.
On Monday at about 05: 30h, acting on information received, CANU ranks busted Adelodun at an illegal crossing (Bharat Landing), while he was about to board a boat en route to Nickerie, Suriname. The man was in possession of a small suitcase, which the ranks searched and the cocaine was found hidden among his clothing. The defendant was immediately taken off the boat and taken into custody, where he was further questioned, and the cocaine was tested and weighed. He was subsequently charged with the offence.
It was while being on bail, that Adelodun tried to smuggle cocaine and also leave the jurisdiction. The defendant is currently on Gy$ 750,000 bail from the High Court, for a previous matter of a similar nature.
On February 23, he was found in a hotel with 4.432 kilograms of cocaine in his possession and was later charged for the offence. CANU Special Prosecutor Donald Downer successfully requested that the defendant be remanded.
The magistrate remanded the man to prison and transferred the matter to Court One for May 17.
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