A Dutch citizen was yesterday remanded to prison after he was charged with possession of $5 million worth of ecstasy pills.
Dwight Garconious appeared before Magistrate Rhondel Weever yesterday in a Georgetown court, where he was charged with aiding the commissioning in trafficking in narcotics and possession of narcotics for the purpose of trafficking.
Garconious denied the allegations and was remanded to prison until October 15.
In a press release issued on Thursday, the Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU) said that Garconious was detained after ranks conducted an operation between George-town and Corentyne and 3,097 Methylenedioxy-methamphetamine (ecstasy) pills were seized.
The pills, according to CANU, were stored in transparent ziplock plastic bags that were concealed in two cornflakes boxes. They have a street value of $5 million.
Four others persons including a female was also arrested. It remains unclear if the other suspects are still in custody.
Information reaching this newspaper revealed that Garconious was born in the Netherlands. How-ever, he resided in neighbouring Suriname for a number of years before moving here.
