The teenaged son of a po­lice­man ap­peared in the court yes­ter­day charged with pos­ses­sion of arms and am­mu­ni­tion, traf­fick­ing in co­caine and pos­ses­sion of mar­i­jua­na. The 16-year-old, who was ac­com­pa­nied by his fa­ther when he ap­peared be­fore Deputy Chief Mag­is­trate Ra­jen­dra Ram­bachan in the San Fer­nan­do First Court, was grant­ed $200,000 bail to cov­er all the charges.

He was among three men held in a house at Charles Street, La Ro­maine on Sat­ur­day and is joint­ly charged with Rawl­ins Mo­hammed for pos­ses­sion of a 9 mm pis­tol, 41 rounds of am­mu­ni­tion, co­caine for traf­fick­ing and mar­i­jua­na pos­ses­sion. Mo­hammed was not brought to court yes­ter­day as he is be­ing treat­ed at the San Fer­nan­do Gen­er­al Hos­pi­tal, court pros­e­cu­tor Ram­dath Phillip said.

The oth­er man, Keleigh Vin­cent, is charged with pos­ses­sion of co­caine for the pur­pose of traf­fick­ing and pos­ses­sion of mar­i­jua­na. He was de­nied bail pend­ing a trace of his crim­i­nal record. The mat­ter was ad­journed to Thurs­day.