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APPROXIMATELY three weeks after police and Coast Guard officers arrested two men and seized over $29 million worth of high-grade marijuana from a vessel at sea, the accused appeared before a High Court master on October 6.

Mitra Balchan, 42, of La Brea, and Caesar Geraldo Rodriguez Calzadilla, 33, of San Juan, were jointly charged with possession of marijuana for the purpose of trafficking. They were denied bail.

A police statement issued on October 8 said the two men appeared before Master Ambrose Persadsingh at the South Criminal Court.