Charlestown baker on new ganja trafficking charge
Freed only a few months ago after being cleared of a ganja trafficking charge, Colin Denny found his way before a city court to once again answer to a similar charge yesterday.
Denny, 38, a baker of Lot 41 Charles and Howse Street, Charlestown, stood before Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan, who read the charge to him yesterday in Georgetown.
It was alleged that on September 26th, at Church Street, Georgetown, Denny trafficked 2.366 kilogrammes (equivalent to 5.2 pounds) of cannabis. He denied the charge. George Thomas, the attorney for the accused, then made an application for bail. He noted that on the day in question, his client learnt that the driver of a certain minibus was stopped and searched and the drugs were found on his bus.
However, Customs AntiNarcotics Unit (CANU) prosecutor Konyo Sandiford objected to bail being granted, citing the fact that no special reasons were given.
Sandiford further stated that contrary to the claims by Thomas, the driver of the bus was arrested a day after the accused was arrested. Sandiford said while Denny was arrested on September 26th, the driver of the intercepted vehicle went to CANU with his attorney on September 27th.
Subsequently, the accused was remanded to prison and the matter was adjourned until October 15th.
Stabroek News previously reported that Denny was under surveillance at Church Street, Georgetown, when he allegedly handed a bag containing cannabis to a driver of a bus service. He was subsequently arrested and taken into custody, a CANU source explained.
In May of this year, Denny and his co-accused and common-law wife, Malika Softleigh, were freed of the charge of trafficking cannabis after trial magistrate Judy Latchman found no evidence against them. They had been charged with trafficking 57.8608 grammes of cannabis in three 100pound gas cylinders.