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Two of the three suspected cocaine dealers, caught by authorities in Castle Comfort earlier this week, were denied bail on fears that they would interfere with police investigations.<\/p>\nTwo of the three suspected cocaine dealers, caught by authorities in Castle Comfort earlier this week, were denied bail on fears that they would interfere with police investigations.<\/p>\n
Curt Benoit 33, of Victoria Street, Roseau and Jamaican national Ricardo Barrett, 28 appeared before Magistrate Evalina Baptist Thursday morning\u00a0 on charges of importation of cocaine, possession of cocaine and possession of cocaine with intend to supply.<\/p>\n
Absent was the third accused, Kendrick Emmanuel, a patient at the Princess Margaret Hospital who is nursing injuries sustained during the arrest.<\/p>\n
100 pounds of cocaine was seized Monday evening in the Mitsubishi Pajero that the men occupied.<\/p>\n
During the proceeding the Magistrate heard from Police Prosecution who express concerns that the \u201cdefendants would interfere and deter investigations, considering that are fourth individual escaped on the evening of arrest.\u201c<\/p>\n
The Prosecution also worried that Barrett could vacate the jurisdiction if given bail.<\/p>\n
Lawyer for the defendants, Julian Prevost, in his plea told Magistrate Baptist that the prosecution was \u201cvague\u201d in not detailing exactly how the defendants would deter investigations.<\/p>\n
Prevost added that during Barrett\u2019s four year residency in Dominica, he was gainfully employed as a mechanic and was \u201clooking to do something on his own.\u201d<\/p>\n
He reminded the court of an extradition treaty between Jamaica and Dominica that would secure Barrett\u2019s presence for trial\u00a0 and argued that the court should grant bail to the suspects with \u201cserious conditions.\u201d<\/p>\n
Before handing down her decision Magistrate Baptist agreed that the Police needed more time to pursue its investigations pointing out, \u201cthe men should reppear in court every seven days so that the court have an opportunity to realize what\u2019s going on.”<\/p>\n
They are expected to reappear in court on October 10 for prelimary inquiry.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Two of the three suspected cocaine dealers, caught by authorities in Castle Comfort earlier this week, were denied bail on fears that they would interfere with police investigations. Curt Benoit 33, of Victoria Street, Roseau and Jamaican national Ricardo Barrett,…","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":33265,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_cbd_carousel_blocks":"[]","footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-33245","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-crime-court-law"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n