By PAVEL BAILEY
Tribune Staff Reporter
pbailey@tribunemedia.net
FOUR MEN were granted bail yesterday after they were allegedly found with $2.9m worth of marijuana off the coast of Ragged Island last week.
Magistrate Shaka Serville charged Karl Spencer, 48, Andrew Adderley, 55, Marco Cartwright, 50, and Jessie Solomon, 40, of Jamaica, with eight drug charges.
These include two counts each of possession of dangerous drugs with intent to supply, conspiracy to possess dangerous drugs with intent to supply, importation of dangerous drugs and conspiracy to import dangerous drugs.
Ryszard Humes and Tai Pinder-Mackey represented the accused.
The defendants, while aboard a vessel in open waters off Ragged Island, were found with 2908 lbs of marijuana on December 28, 2023. Authorities also reportedly seized five and a half ounces of cocaine. The marijuana confiscated in this incident has an estimated street value of $2,908,000.
After the defendants pleaded not guilty to the charges, the three Bahamian accused were granted $50,000 bail. Solomon’s cash bail was set at $250,000.
All four accused must surrender their passports and must be fitted with monitoring devices.
Spencer, Adderley, Cartwright and Solomon must sign in at the Nichol’s Town, Wulff Road, Carmichael and Central Police Stations twice a month.
Their trial starts on May 28.
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