Sascha Wil­son

A San Fer­nan­do mag­is­trate yes­ter­day re­voked the $250,000 bail which was grant­ed to a Clax­ton Bay res­i­dent on charges of co­caine traf­fick­ing and mar­i­jua­na pos­ses­sion by a Jus­tice of the Peace at the San Fer­nan­do Po­lice Sta­tion Ques­tion­ing the le­gal­i­ty of the bail, Sixth Court Mag­is­trate Lisa Ram­sumair-Hinds re­mand­ed Cur­tis Ali in­to cus­tody for one night and or­dered that his bailor, Mar­garet Mar­shall, ap­pear be­fore her to­day. Ali was ar­rest­ed and charged on Sat­ur­day af­ter po­lice ex­e­cut­ed a search war­rant at his home at Old Train Line, South­ern Main Road, Clax­ton Bay. It is al­leged that the po­lice found 180 grammes of mar­i­jua­na and 20 grammes of co­caine in his house. Ali was tak­en to the sta­tion where he was charged.

How­ev­er, a JP sub­se­quent­ly grant­ed him $200,000 bail on the traf­fick­ing of­fence and $50,000 on the mar­i­jua­na charge. Ali, who se­cured bail, plead­ed not guilty when he ap­peared in court yes­ter­day. When Ram­sumair-Hinds asked Ali for his bailor, he said she was el­der­ly and was not in court. Say­ing it was odd that "sta­tion bail" was grant­ed for co­caine traf­fick­ing, she said, "I don't think bail in the sum of $200,000 is what the court ex­pects to be fixed at sta­tion." Ali replied that the JP as­sist­ed him be­cause he has had a pace­mak­er since De­cem­ber 3, 2008. The mag­is­trate re­voked his bail and or­dered a search on Mar­shall to find out if she took bail at oth­er courts and if the deed she used to se­cure his bail was clean.