St Philip man charged for drugs

An unemployed man from the Crane in St Philip has been arrested and charged for drug possession.
 
Jermaine Hartley Cox, 24, was arrested by members of the Drug Squad at the Grantley Adams International Airport earlier today.
He is charged for the possession cocaine, importation and trafficking and possession with intent to supply.
Cox was interviewed when he arrived from Trinidad and Tobago around 6:50 a.m.
According to a police press release, “his luggage was subsequently searched and the illegal drug was discovered concealed therein.”
Total weight of the drugs was 500 grammes or half kilogram.
Cox is expected to appear at the District D Magistrate Court tomorrow. (CM/PR)