A Black Bush Polder man who was nabbed by police last Thursday, was yesterday remanded to prison after being charged with the possession of narcotics.
Vinod Gopaul, a two-time prison escapee, appeared before Magistrate Peter Hugh in the New Amsterdam Magistrates’ Court, where he pleaded not guilty to the charge.
According to the charge, Gopaul, at his Yakusari, Black Bush Polder home, had in his possession a quantity of cannabis for the purpose of trafficking.
After pleading not guilty to the charge, the unrepresented man was remanded to prison. He will make his next court appearance at the Mibicuri Magistrate’s Court.
A date is yet to be set.
Gopaul, prior to being arrested by police on Thursday last, had been sentenced in absentia to 18 months imprisonment for robbery with violence.
He was also among 18 prisoners who escaped from prison in 2007. He was recaptured shortly after and charged, but escaped again in June, 2011 along with notorious high seas pirate, Kevin ‘Long Hair’ Narine, Rickford Le Fleur and Vijay Seenarine of Skeldon.
