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Jun 04, 2016 Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News
Two suspected recruiters of cocaine mules were on Friday slapped with charges of procuring at least
three persons for the purpose of trafficking in narcotics.
Rolston Bacchus aka Randy, Muslim, Biggs or Troy of 8 Half Mile Wismar, Linden; and Mark Sauers, aliases “Redman” and “Marco” of 11th Street Dazzell Housing Scheme, East Coast Demerara, appeared before Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan to answer to the charges.
Bacchus and Sauers, who has previous narcotics trafficking offences pending in the courts, were refused bail and remanded to prison until their next court appearance June 23, next. They are to appear before the court together to answer to separate charges.
The Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) Prosecutor alleged that Bacchus “procured” Kathleen DeFlorimonte, a former security officer at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport and Odessa Pollard for the purpose of trafficking 12.348 kilograms of cocaine between July and November 2015. He pleaded not guilty and was remanded to prison until June 23.
Sauers is also accused of committing a similar offence. It is said that he recruited Safraz Jallalodeen to traffic of 6.048 kilograms of cocaine between April 1 and May 19, 2016.
On May 20, Jallalodeen was sentenced to four years imprisonment and fined $16.3 million for being in possession of 6.048 kilograms of cocaine in milk for the purpose of trafficking.
He was caught at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport with the drug concealed in Kerrigold Milk Packets. He reportedly told CANU officials that he was paid US$7000 to traffic the drug.
CANU agents said they had been monitoring Sauers and Bacchus for at least three years now.
CANU’s prosecutor said the charging of the duo indicated that the law enforcement agencies are not only going after the small cocaine traffickers. She noted that they are going after the “big fish” as well.
The Chief Magistrate upheld objections by the CANU Prosecutor to bail being granted. The Prosecutor stated that Sauers was already before the Providence Magistrate’s Court for a trafficking in narcotics charge dating back to March 4, last, and for which he was on $1.5 million bail. He is also on over $1 million bail for two other narco-related matters. Chief Magistrate McLennan subsequently remanded Sauers to prison. He is set to appear in court on June 23.
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Why were these two released previously on these charges? Put them away in prison for at least 30 years each so you know that two of them are off the streets. They should have informed the cops before they decided to try and leave the country but instead they were trying to get a few bucks, okay you have the money now, stay in the ‘pen’ for awhile. They are making it difficult for people to bring things out of the country when they are returning to the States, I guess so much for me trying to bring my milk powder back to eat with sugar.