Couple, teen remanded over cocaine-in-kunds

Indranie Bacchus

A Block 20  Enmore/Haslington New Scheme, East Coast Demerara,   couple and a 15-year-old boy were yesterday jointly charged with cocaine trafficking.

The allegation against Leonard Bacchus and his wife Indranie along with the 15-year-old boy is that on August 16 at Enmore/Haslington New Scheme, East Coast Demerara, they had in their possession 67.296 kilograms of cocaine for the purpose of trafficking. The drugs were reportedly stashed in kunds (metal receptacles used in Hindu religious functions).

All three defendants when prompted pleaded not guilty to the charge which was read to them by