A Craig Street businessman will be waking up in the Camp Street Prison where he was remanded for possession of cocaine. The man Andre Gomes called ‘Zipper’ of 32 Craig Street Campbellville appeared before Magistrate Judy Latchman in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court where he was charged with possession of 902 grams of cocaine for the purpose of trafficking.
Gomes, the owner of D&D Pawn Shop denied the charged and will make his next court appearance on February 13 before Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan.
His attorney, Mark Waldron told the court that the drugs were not found in his client’s possession but in an alleyway. However, Kono Sandiford, Prosecutor for the Customs and Anti-Narcotics Unit told the court that an eyewitness saw Gomes handling and disposing of the drugs in a black plastic bag, which was later picked up by CANU ranks during a raid at his home.