Pair Charged With Importing $300,000 Of Drugs
Appearing in Magistrates Court yesterday [May 26] Mr Shomari Virgil and Ms Precious Cooper were charged with importing some $300,000 worth of cannabis and cocaine and possessing the drugs with intent to supply.
The charges were that the drugs had been imported in St George’s in January 2015 and the Prosecutor told Magistrate Khamisi Tokunbo that the street value of the drugs was alleged to be over $150,000 for the cannabis, and over $150,000 for the cocaine.
Because the charges are indictable, the pair can only be tried in Supreme Court, and they were not required to enter a plea this morning.
Magistrate Tokunbo set bail for the pair at $25,000 each, and required each to provide a surety in a like amount; required each to surrender travel documents and not leave Bermuda; and report every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. The pair must reappear for Mention in June.
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