A taxi driver was on Monday remanded to prison after appearing at the Vreed-en-Hoop Magistrate’s Court charged with unlawful possession of a grenade.
Shane Simon of Meten-meer-Zorg, West Coast Demerara pleaded not guilty to the charge and was remanded to prison by Magistrate Fazil Azeez. It is alleged that on June 6, at Meten-meer-Zorg, he had the grenade in his possession without lawful authority. Reports are that law enforcement officials had gone to his home to search for drugs and during the course of the search, the grenade was found in the man’s dresser in his bedroom.
A police source had said that the man had told investigators that he had found the grenade in a canefield at Uitvlugt and he took it home.
Simon will return to court on June 26.
