GDF NCOs granted bail over cannabis seizure

Guyana Defence Force (GDF) Staff Sergeant Adisa Higgins, and Sergeant Colvis Sam, who previously appeared before Magistrate Sunil Scarce at the Diamond/Grove Magistrates’ court where they remanded for trafficking in 154 pounds of cannabis, were both granted bail on Monday by Magistrate Dylon Bess in the sum of $300,000 each, with the condition that they lodge their passports and report once a month to Diamond police station.

A previous police report stated that the GDF NCOs [non-commissioned officers] were in a motor vehicle, DFB 1786, belonging to the GDF. The vehicle was being driven at the time by 31-year-old Sergeant Sam of Turkeyen, while the other occupant of the vehicle was 42-year-old Staff Sergeant Higgins of Linden. Both men are stationed at Defence Headquarters, Base Camp, Ayanganna.