A Canadian woman and her husband who spent the past five days in custody were each granted $120,000 bail yesterday on arms and ammunition charges.
Andrea Hansen, 53, a programme assistant at Corporate Health Environmental and Safety Solutions, and her husband, Simon Alexander, 59, a labourer, both re-appeared before San Fernando Magistrate Natalie Diop in the San Fernando court yesterday.
They were arrested last week Wednesday at Royal Road, San Fernando, after a revolver and five rounds of ammunition were allegedly found in their possession. They were charged by PC Bacchus.
The couple first appeared in court on Thursday, but were remanded into custody for tracing to determine if they ever had other matters in court.
Court prosecutor Sgt Gordon Maharaj said a name check was done since the fingerprint results were not ready and nothing was found on record. Their attorney Annalee Girwar said Hansen suffers with certain medical conditions and did not have the “best experience” in custody.
The prosecutor did not object to bail.
Also re-appearing in court were Clint Bhagwandeen, a bar manager and Crystalan Daniel, a clerical assistant, who were also arrested on Royal Road last week Wednesday.
They were charged by PC Morris with possession of a revolver, 31 rounds of ammunition and 442 grammes of marijuana.
Bhagwandeen and Daniel were granted bail in the sum of $200,000 and $150,000 on Thursday because they are the parents of a six-month-old baby.
The two couples will reappear in court on December 12.