Former Alliance For Change (AFC) Member of Parliament (MP) Devin Sears has secured $400,000 bail in the High Court after he was initially remanded on a drug trafficking charge on October 23.
Bail was granted by Justice Navindra Singh after an application was made by Sears’ lawyers.
Sears was remanded to prison after pleading not guilty to trafficking more than 680lbs of marijuana. The case was called before Magistrate Rushelle Liverpool at Linden Magistrate’s Court.
Sears was charged alongside Albert Sandy, who pleaded guilty and was sentenced to four years’ imprisonment.
It was reported that at around 20:41hrs on Monday, October 20, a team of police officers intercepted a bus at the Old Bamia Police Checkpoint in Linden, Region Ten.
The vehicle is the property of the Region Ten Tourism Committee Inc., for which Sears was the Vice Chairman; he has since resigned from the position.
At the time of the interception, Sears was driving the vehicle with Sandy as the lone passenger.
Police had reported that upon stopping the vehicle, Sears began acting in a suspicious manner, prompting the ranks inquire what they were transporting.
Sears reportedly told the officers that “I am transporting tourism plants.”
An officer then instructed Sears to pull over and then informed him that a search would be conducted on the vehicle.
During the search, police uncovered 22 plastic bags and four canvas bags, which, when searched, turned out to be marijuana.
Both men were told of the offence, arrested, and cautioned.
Police said Sears remained silent, while Sandy admitted ownership, stating that the narcotics belonged to him and that he had paid the AFC member to transport him to Parika.
Meanwhile, the matter comes up again at the Linden Magistrates’ Court on November 11.
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