Evidence begins in cannabis trial

The trial of Walter O’neal Prescod, who denies charges involving 121.4 kilogrammes of cannabis found at sea, has begun in the No. 4 Supreme Court.

Prescod, of Emerald Park East, St Philip, has denied possessing the cannabis within the territorial waters of Barbados, importing it and having a traffickable quantity of the illegal substance on July 23, 2018.

Director of the Forensic Science Centre Marsha Skeete told the court that she received a sealed evidence bag from a police officer on July 30, 2018. It contained six transparent, resealable plastic bags holding vegetable matter that was analysed.