Three men charged in multimillion-dollar cocaine bust in Barbados
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BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – A magistrate in Barbados has remanded three men into custody until December 8 after they were charged in connection with the seizure of nearly BDS$27 million worth of cocaine earlier this month.
The accused, Michael Andrew Warde, 56; Michael Quitin Franklin, 35; and 37-year-old Ryan Alwyn Chichester, have been charged with possession of cocaine, trafficking cocaine and intent to supply cocaine following the seizure on November 2.
The court was told that the cocaine weighed 538.8 kilogrammes and had an estimated street value of BDS$26.9 million.
The three men appeared before Acting Magistrate Shakeida Sealy in the District 'A' Criminal Court and were not required to plead to the indictable offences.
They have since been remanded to the Barbados Prison Service at Dodds.
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