Nigerian man implicated in GPOC cocaine bust remanded

Nigerian national Paul Ateli, who the Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) has implicated in  the GPOC  cocaine bust was yesterday remanded to prison after making his appearance before Magistrate Sueanna Lovell at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court.

The 42-year-old self-employed language translator denied the January 23 charge which alleges that at North Road, Georgetown, he had in his possession 510 grams of cocaine for the purpose of trafficking.

On Tuesday, cosmetologist Debbie Barker was arraigned in connection with this bust and was remanded to prison by