Thirty-year-old Ravi David Singh of Atlantic Gardens, East Coast Demerara was yesterday remanded to prison when he appeared before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court accused of having a quantity of cocaine at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA), Timehri.
The man pleaded not guilty to the charge of trafficking in narcotics.
He denied that on September 12 at the CJIA he trafficked in 3.19 kilogrammes of cocaine.
The magistrate subsequently ordered that Singh be remanded to prison and transferred the case to the Providence Magistrate’s Court for October 23.
The prosecution stated that the cocaine was in Singh’s luggage.
