2 Guyanese crew charged over 2 kg cannabis on Lady Sandra in Bridgetown
Barbados officers searched the Guyana vessel Lady Sandra at Bridgetown Port on 10 September 2015 and seized 2 kg of cannabis along with 14.5 kg of cocaine. Two Guyanese crew members were arrested and jointly charged with eight cannabis and cocaine offences.
Two Guyanese nationals faced eight drug charges after drugs were found aboard
their vessel in Barbados.[1]The accused were 29-year-old Coco Ibert Prophett
and 42-year-old Paul Fraser.[2]Prophett was the cook and Fraser was a sailor
aboard the vessel Lady Sandra.[2]
Officers searched the Guyana vessel Lady Sandra berthed at Bridgetown Port on 10
September 2015.[3]The search discovered 14.5 kilograms of cocaine and two
kilograms of cannabis.[2]The two men were jointly charged with possession,
possession with intent to supply, trafficking and importation of cannabis, and
the same four counts for cocaine.[2]
Both men were arrested after the search of the docked vessel at Bridgetown Port.[2]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
Arrested
2
Charged
2
Cannabis
2 kg
Agencies
Drug Squad; Coast Guard; Customs Enforcement
Agency type
Police, Coast guard, Customs
Cannabis
Herbal cannabis (2 kg)
Setting
Port or sea
Charges
possession of cannabis; possession of cannabis with intent to supply; trafficking cannabis; importation of cannabis
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