Man tried to flush cocaine while partner distracted drug agents

A couple was yesterday remanded to prison on a cocaine possession charge after a court was told that one of them tried to flush the drug down a sink while the other held narcotics agents in conversation.

The charge against Ron Reid and Sheniza Bacchus states that they were in possession of 70 grammes of cocaine for the purpose of trafficking.

They both denied the charge when it was read to them by Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry at the