A 30-year-old mother of two was on Monday granted $100,000 bail after she denied a possession of cannabis for trafficking charge.
The police said that on July 11, at Lot 15 Norton Street, Werk-en-Rust, Nadira Persaud had in her possession 25 grammes of cannabis for trafficking.
According to the prosecution, on the day in question, police searched Persaud’s house and the drug was found in a bedroom.
The woman was represented by attorney Glenn Hanoman, who told the court that there were special reasons in the case for bail to be granted.
He said the drug was found concealed in a house the defendant shares with six other persons but she and a visually-impaired person were the only ones at home at the time of the search. He suggested that because of the other person’s disability, the police only arrested Persaud.
Hanoman added that his client informed the police that the illegal substance did not belong to her, but rather to another occupant but she was nevertheless arrested and charged.
The magistrate, having considered the special circumstance of multiple occupancy at the house, granted bail and adjourned the matter to August 3.
