Cocaine excreting suspect charged

CHARGED WITH EXCRETING COCAINE: Marcus George
MARCUS George, who Police said excreted 86 pellets of cocaine weighing one kilogramme 363 grammes, at a city hospital, appeared before Acting Chief Magistrate Cecil Sullivan yesterday, charged with trafficking the narcotic.

The 35-year-old defendant, of Lot 2033 Humming Bird Street, North Ruimveldt, Georgetown, pleaded not guilty to having trafficked the drug, on October 7, at Cheddi Jagan International Airport, Timehri, East Bank Demerara.

Police said George was an outgoing passenger on Flight BW 432 bound for Jamaica via Barbados, St Maarten and Antigua last Saturday, when he was arrested about 05:30h.

He was taken to a city hospital where, under guard, he excreted the cocaine pellets, Police said.

He was refused bail and remanded to prison until November 16.


Thursday, October 12, 2006