Immigration Officer to appear in court on drug charges

Adrian Ricardo Beckles will appear at the District ‘B’ Magistrate’s Court today charged with three drug-related offences.

Police Public Relations Officer, Inspector (ag) Rodney Inniss said, on Friday July 17 the 41-year-old Immigration Officer went to the customs facility at the Grantley Adams International Airport to collect a package. The package was searched by the Customs Enforcement in his presence, contained in the package were two air purifiers, a search of those purifiers revealed thirteen packages of cannabis weighing 10.5 kgs.

Inniss said Beckles was charged with: Possession of a controlled drug to with cannabis, trafficking, intent to supply and importation.