A Canadian man who was allegedly found with a quantity of cocaine in some shoes in a bag at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport, Timehri was remanded to prison yesterday when he appeared before Magistrate Melissa Robertson at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.
Twenty-five-year-old Miron Francis pleaded not guilty to the charge of trafficking in narcotics.
It is alleged that on Wednesday at the airport, Francis was observed by immigration officers behaving in a suspicious manner. They soon conducted a search on him and his luggage where they reportedly discovered 1.5 kilos of a substance suspected to be cocaine concealed in some shoes in a bag. Francis was arrested and taken to the Criminal Investigation Department, Eve Leary, where police confirmed that the substance was cocaine.
However, Francis’ lawyer, Mohamed Zafar stated that his client was not aware of narcotics in the shoes. He also stated that the bag with the shoes that had the narcotics was found a few feet away from Francis. The defence attorney then applied for bail.
Meanwhile, Francis stated that “my cousin in Toronto left his shoes in Guyana and I was just taking them back for him cause he don’t have any.” He stated that he did not know anything about the narcotics found in the shoes and only became aware of it when the officers cut open the shoes.
However Prosecutor Sherwin Mathews stated that “for someone to come to Guyana all the way from Canada for shoes that someone forgot sounds kind of amazing.” He also said that the offence committed was only bailable under special circumstances and none was presented.
The magistrate then ordered that Francis be remanded to prison and that he appear back in court on November 11.
This man should have been given his sentence right there and then…
Listen to this…….’Francis’ lawyer stated that his client was not aware of narcotics in the shoes. He also stated that the bag with the shoes that had the narcotics was found a few feet away from Francis’……..now read this…….’Francis stated that “my cousin in Toronto left his shoes in Guyana and I was just taking them back for him cause he don’t have any’
Who the hell in Canada don’t have a shoe??????????????????
Hehehehehehe – the cousin went back to Canada bare feet? This is too funny. These court stories are like comedy central.
SandHurst First I enjoy reading your comments and i agree with you. This man and his lawyer is wasting the court time… send the man to straight to jail and let the lawyer pay a fine…
duuuuhhhhhhh
Not a bad excuse. If it don’t fit you must acquit. Now lets find out if the shoes fit. You think Guyanese stupid? Lil juta,big juta, all can carry mullah. ISNM.
Yes Squaddy, LOL ah gun call me uncle to see if is true dem aint gat shoes and snow high to dem knees? The stuff people comes up with!
The only way here is being a member of the US Armed Forced or a member of the Coalition Forces, like the British. You really don;t want to be here squaddy, this is my third tour and war is not nice.
Jail and no bail.
what you really saying? yo confusing me……..
de man tellin yuh things mo bad hey than in guyana…..de man cant afford to buy shows hey…ow this po chat…..
wow, makes me think about the ambassador’s son. How original.
Stupidity displayed to the MAX! This was a fall guy, no person with a grain of common sense would act and say such simple minded things when caught with
1.5K of Cocaine. I hope it was worth the time he now has to spend in jail.
Let this be a lesson to all idiots who want to make a quick buck….. WORK FOR IT INSTEAD!
What do you call a guy who left his shoes in GY? A Canadian.
Let us have a fund raiser for the people in Canada. They are in dire need of shoes. Evileyes, do you want a pair of BATA SHOES.
yeaSwat…i would even teck a rubber dinky or corrila as it is called….ah tel ya..we punishin bad bad hey….but meck sure u send me a Brand Name Bata…..
SWAT, bai sen me wan shoes from new york na bai, hehehe
HA HA HA HA SandHurst you have me cracking up here… I was reading kaieteur news and someone commented that ppl don’t take back shoes from Guy. But i do cause a pair of ‘boots’ at Behna’s is $ 7000 and I would pay $100 Cad a similar one here… being from GT I like deals… But there is no way in hell I would forget no shoes in Guyana and ask soeone to bring them back for me!!! That is VERY cheap and Low even for this shoes fetcher !!! ha ha …
Give the man the benifit of the doubt !but lets pick sence out of nonsrnce ,His cousin left his only pair of shoes (according to him) in Guyana! he the cousin pays hunderds of dollars to travel to Guyana to get those special one of a kind shoes! throw the man in jail just for being such a Brain Surgeon., Regular Space Cadet. and he picked an equally smart Lawyer,Listen to his defence! the bag was feet away. he should go to Jail just because he thinks that persons are that stupid, maybe by then his cousin will get another pair of shoes to come visit him up there a Mazaruni! Big FOOL!
well done another mule is caught.how foolish these people are.Guyana is not advance in high tec tecnology but are good enough to catch fools like these who want to get rich quick.Give up your Canadian citizenship and welcome back to G.T.