Three get bail on cocaine, ganja charges

A mother of five minor children was yesterday granted her release on bail after she denied a charge that she had 2.5 grammes of cocaine in her possession.

Janelle Nedd, 40, stood in the courtroom of Georgetown Magistrate Leron Daly, who read a charge that stated that on July 11, at Orange Walk and Robb Street, she had the cocaine in her possession for trafficking.

After denying the charge, Nedd was later granted her release on $50,000 bail and the case was adjourned until July 28. Nedd was granted bail due to the recent decision by the magistracy to offer bail to persons charged over possession of cocaine below 25 grammes in light of the displacement caused in the prison system following the Camp Street prison fire.

Previously, persons charged with