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Jul 15, 2016 News
Self confessed drug dealer, Barry Dataram, angrily called Customs Anti Narcotic Unit (CANU) officer, Andrew Yarde, a liar. The alleged drug trafficker was at the time responding to a testimony given by Yarde when his trial continued before Magistrate Judy Latchman in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts.
Yarde, during his testimony told the court that he had never conducted any raid pertaining to Dataram prior to the charge he is now facing.
“This man is a liar,” Dataram said in a loud tone. He claimed that Yarde had conducted a raid on him before and accused the detective of stealing his money.
In response, to Dataram’s allegation the witness said that he had stopped and searched a vehicle belonging to Dataram after he was charged. However, Yarde explained that Dataram was not a suspect in the operation and that nothing illegal was found in the vehicle.
Dataram, his 20-year-old reputed wife Anjanie Boodnarine, and their two friends, Trevor Gouveia and Komal Charran, are accused of having 129.23 Kg of cocaine in their possession on April 16, 2015 for the purpose of trafficking at Lot 661 Fourth Avenue, Block X Diamond, East Bank Demerara.
They are currently out on High Court bail.
Yesterday, the CANU officer testified that 428 parcels of plastic wraps with suspected cocaine was seized from Dataram’s home at Diamond East Bank Demerara.
He added that the suspected drug was in a white fridge. The fridge, he said, was driven to CANU Headquarters, Homestretch Avenue, Georgetown by him in a CANU vehicle.
The witness recalled that the fridge was parked in CANU compound which is secured by concrete fence with razor wires and CCTV camera.
When asked by CANU Prosecutor Konyo Sandiford-Thompson what he did during the latter part of February, Yarde recounted that he was watching a television newscast and saw Travis Chase doing an interview with Dataram.
He said that during the interview, Dataram confessed to being a drug dealer and said that half of the drugs CANU seized from him are back on the streets.
Cross examination for this witness was deferred to today, since Dataram had no legal representation. Attorney Glenn Hanoman had made appearances for him.
However, Dataram told the Magistrate that he is unsure if the lawyer is still representing him.
According to reports, Dataram and Boodnarine share a common law relationship at the Diamond address. While Charran and Gouveia claimed to be friends of the couple.
On the day in question, ranks from CANU swooped down on the house and conducted a search in the presence of the defendants. During the search they unearthed the illicit drug. The defendants were then told of the offence, arrested and charged.
It was reported that some of the cocaine was stuffed in frozen seafood, while the remainder was found to be bricks of raw coke.
As a result, Barry Dataram who was in the house at the time of the bust with his reputed wife and three other persons were arrested.
Dataram, a Guyana-born American, had successfully fought off efforts to extradite him to the United States of America to face drug smuggling charges.
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