The indictment under which self-confessed drug trafficker Barry Dataram was held in the US has been unsealed, but was redacted to remove the names of those he allegedly conspired with to import at least 150 kilogrammes of a substance containing cocaine. The document was ordered unsealed the same day the US citizen was held as he attempted to enter the country.
Dataram, who was remanded to prison on January 27 by Magistrate Judge Lois Bloom when he made his first appearance, is facing a five-count indictment. However, according to documents seen by this newspaper, the information contained in counts four and five is hidden, along with some information in the other counts.
Dataram’s lawyers did not make a bail application and when he reappeared in court last Friday, this time before Judge Edward R Korman, it was ordered that he continue to remain in custody.