Accused traffickers remanded over 210 lbs cocaine find in Pomeroon

Kevin Fitz Gordon

John Da Silva and Kevin Fitz Gordon, the two men held on a boat in the Pomeroon River, Essequibo, with 210 pounds of cocaine, were yesterday both charged with drug trafficking and remanded to prison.

Da Silva, called ‘Martin,’ 45, of Grant Strong Hope, Lower Pomeroon, and Gordon, 34, of Lot 18 Jib Housing Scheme, Essequibo, stood in the courtroom of Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan,