A retired GuySuCo worker, who allegedly offered police a $1 million bribe after he was found in possession of narcotics and an unlicensed gun and ammunition, was yesterday remanded to prison on charges of drug trafficking and illegal possession of the munitions.
Police say Seekumar Rambarran was held after a sting operation that was launched as a result of intelligence that received indicating that he was a drug dealer.
It is alleged that on September 18, at Crab-wood Creek, Rambarran had 26 grammes of cocaine and 36 grammes of cannabis for trafficking. Rambarran is also alleged to have had a Browning shotgun and 51 live 12-gauge rounds of ammunition without being in the possession of a firearm licence.
Rambarran, 56, of 805 Crabwood Creek pleaded not guilty to all four charges, which were read against him in a Georgetown court yesterday.
Police Prosecutor Deniro Jones said the police had proceeded on a two-week sting operation after they received information that Rambarran had been selling narcotics. It was during this time that they allegedly saw Rambarran throw a plastic bag into the area, which they searched and discovered the narcotics.
The police then searched the defendant’s garden, where they allegedly found the firearm and ammunition.
Jones claimed that Rambarran had admitted to ownership of the narcotics and had offered the police a bribe of $1 million. He added that the defendant would soon be charged for that act as well.
Rambarran was represented by attorney James Bond, who told the court that his client was a retired GuySuCo pest controller and was sickly from years of chemical exposure while working on the estate.
Bond further stated that the items found by the police had been recovered in the bushes of an empty lot far removed from the man’s residence and his client had no custody, control or knowledge of the articles.
The attorney also pointed out that Rambarran had initially been arrested along with his wife, but police had released the woman after they decided that she had no knowledge of the items. “If you cannot impute knowledge and custody on [his wife], then you cannot impute knowledge and custody on Rambarran,” the attorney argued.
It was on these grounds that Bond requested reasonable bail, which was met with objections by Jones.
Magistrate Ann McLennan, after hearing the submissions offered by the prosecution and defence, stated that she saw no special reasons for bail to be granted. She then ordered Rambarran to be remanded to prison and transferred the case to the Springlands Magistrate’s Court, where the matter will be recalled on October 5.
