A teenage girl, reportedly preparing to write the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) exam, and a taxi driver, were yesterday remanded to prison after being charged with trafficking 26 pounds of cannabis.
Charged are Reva Bovell, 18, of Obama Drive, Housing Scheme, Linden, and Michael Bascom, 35, of 1146 Phase One, Wismar Housing Scheme, Linden.
The charge, which was read to the accused by Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan, stated that the two, on May 9, at Linden/Soesdyke junction, trafficked 11.832 kilograms (equivalent to 26 pounds) of cannabis.
