The two men who were apprehended on Friday evening last after the Berbice cocaine bust yesterday appeared Magistrate Hazel Octive-Hamilton at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court. While one was fined $35 million and sentenced to four years imprisonment, the other was refused bail.
The allegation against Parsram Persaud and Mohamed Razack is that on April 15, at Springlands Corentyne Berbice, they had in their possession 26.978 kilogrammes of cocaine for the purpose of trafficking. Persaud pleaded guilty to the charge when it was read, while his alleged accomplice pleaded not guilty.
In his application for bail for Razack, attorney-at-law Paraj Hookumchand stated that his client suffers from a disability – a hip impediment – and as a result is