Fishermen remanded after $33m cocaine seizure

Three fishermen, including a father and son, have been remanded to Dodds Prison on drug trafficking charges in connection with the seizure of more than $33m worth of cocaine off the island’s coast last Wednesday.

Sylverton Lewis Clarke, 55, of Emerald Park East, St Philip; his son, Renaldo Jabari Carrington, 33, of Lot 30, Lower Burney, Haggatt Hall, St Michael; and Ryan Adrian Kelly-Prescod, 39, of no fixed place of abode, are accused that within the Exclusive Economic Zone established by the Marine Boundaries and Jurisdiction Act, they unlawfully had cocaine, a controlled drug, in their possession.

They are also charged with intending to supply and trafficking the drug, which weighed 676 kilogrammes. The estimated street value of the cocaine is $33 830 000.

The trio were not required to plead to the indictable offences when they appeared in the No. 2 District ‘A’ Magistrates’ Court before Magistrate Manila Renee.

Objecting to bail, police prosecutor Sergeant Kenmore Phillips cited the strength of the evidence, that the men were held at sea, and Kelly-Prescod’s lack of an address. Magistrate Renee remanded all three until March 3.

Clarke was represented by attorney Matthew Willoughby, in association with counsel Andrew Willoughby.