Mark Sauers and Rolston Bacchus, who are accused of recruiting drug mules, were freed of the charges against them yesterday after the prosecution’s star witness in their trial recanted his testimony and claimed that he had struck a deal with the Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU) to lie on the witness stand in exchange for a reduced sentence.
During cross-examination that was conducted by Sauers’ lawyer Peter Hugh, the main witness for the prosecution Safraz Jallalodeen, who was convicted after being caught with over 10 pounds of cocaine hidden in powdered milk, yesterday told the court that he had no dealings with ‘Red Man.’
Jallalodeen was referring to Sauers.