POLICE have charged Trevor Kaioum, 21, a junior supervisor, following the discovery of two suitcases containing compressed cannabis (marijuana), guns, ammunition, grenades and detonators at Cheddi Jagan International Airport, Timehri, last week Friday.
The defendant, of Timehri Squatting Area, East Bank Demerara, appeared before Magistrate Hazel Octave-Hamilton yesterday and pleaded not guilty to charges that said, on October 26, he:
trafficked in narcotics by exporting 38 kilogrammes, 636 grammes of cannabis;
had in his possession two fragmentation grenades and two detonators, all being explosives;
also had 57 rounds of ammunition – fifty-three .38 rounds, one .32 round and three 357 rounds and
had, as well, three firearms - three .38 revolvers without being the holder of licences for them.
Police Corporal Shellon Daniels, prosecuting, successfully objected to bail for Kaioum, on the ground that he is a flight risk.
She said Kaioum was working in the baggage area and he put the names that were on two already checked suitcases on a passenger’s bags.
The Prosecutor said Police found the explosives concealed in the compressed cannabis and, with the help of a handwriting expert, detected that Kaioum was the person who wrote on the tags.

He was remanded to prison, until November 7 and the case transferred to Providence Court, also on East Bank Demerara.

His lawyer, Mr. Ronald Burch-Smith, in a failed bid to secure pre-trial freedom for Kaioum, said the latter is the sole breadwinner for his family, including his mother and five siblings.

Defence Counsel said Kaioum has been employed at the airport for the past three years and was recently promoted to junior supervisor.

The Police find was in the outgoing passengers’ area while a flight to Barbados and Antigua was being processed around midday.