Sherlock Reid was on Monday charged with possession of cocaine for trafficking after he allegedly tried to dupe two men into mailing over two pounds of the drug, hidden in bible cases, to Antigua for him.
But Reid, of 36 Shirley Field-Ridley Square, pleaded not guilty when the charge of possessing 1044 grammes (2.3 pounds) of cocaine on December 16 for the purpose of trafficking was read to him in the court of Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry.
According to Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) Prosecutor Oswald Massiah, on the day in question Reid contacted a