Truck driver granted $250,000 bail over illegal fuel charge

A truck driver was yesterday placed on $250,000 bail after he appeared in a city court and denied having illegal fuel. It is alleged on September 18, 2014, at Yarrowkabra, Soesdyke-Linden Highway, Feroze Hamid, 45, had stored a quantity of diesel, which did not contain the fuel marker used by the Guyana Energy Agency (GEA) as specified.

He pleaded not guilty to the charge read to him by Magistrate Fabayo Azore