DPP appeals dismissal of charges against Skeldon cocaine accused

Gary Belgrave

Hours after Salim Bacchus, the remaining accused of four men initially charged over last November’s 82 lb Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) cocaine bust at Skeldon, Corentyne, was freed, the Director of Public Prosecu-tions (DPP) filed an appeal.

In December last year, Bacchus’ three co-accused, Canada-based Guyanese Narayan Jarbandhan, 40, Gary Belgrave, 52, and Leo Hernandez, 44, were freed on a technicality.

Stabroek News was reliably informed yesterday that after Magistrate Fabayo Azore freed Bacchus at the