MAGISTRATE Hazel Octave-Hamilton yesterday remanded to prison the Jamaican who was allegedly found with a suitcase containing blocks of cocaine at Cheddi Jagan International Airport, Timehri, last Sunday.
The defendant, Merkin Chase Herman, of Kingston, Jamaica, pleaded not guilty to the charge which said he trafficked in the narcotic by exporting seven kilogrammes, 262 grammes of it.

At the insistence of Police Corporal Shellon Daniels, prosecuting, Herman’s case was transferred to Providence Court, also on East Bank Demerara, for November 7.

The Prosecutor said the luggage with the drug was discovered about noon while an outgoing flight to New York was being processed.
Defence Counsel Rexford Jackson requested an early trial date.