– court hears
Malcolm Sonaram, a customs broker accused of trying to smuggle cannabis out of the country in pumpkins, was yesterday remanded to prison after being arraigned on a narcotics trafficking charge.
Sonaram, 38, of 188 Garnett Street, Albouystown, pleaded not guilty after the possession of narcotics for the purpose of trafficking charge was read by Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry.
It is alleged that between December 20, 2011 and January 10, 2012, at the GNIC wharf,
