BUSINESSMAN Danny Guerra made his first court appearance along with 14 others after being charged earlier this month with unlawful processing of aggregate without a licence from the Ministry of Energy.

Guerra, 50, of North Oropouche Road, Sangre Grande, who is also proprietor of DG Homes and manager of D Guerra Ltd, appeared before Arima Magistrate Avoinne Gill. He and his son, Garvin Guerra, 28, were among 17 people detained in a major police operation on October 9 that shut down an alleged illegal quarry at Manuel Congo, Guanapo. Police seized a multi-million-dollar washplant, trucks, excavators and other heavy machinery during the operation.

Also charged were Carminco Ltd supervisor Hannah Bovell, loader/operators Devon Julian and Claudius Lewis, truck drivers Kenrick Trinidad, Tyrone Lazar, Kisham Sammy and Neville Chutkhan, maintenance labourer Andy Pascall, labourer Darren Seepersad, cleaner Adam Pitt, pump attendants Ricardo Singh and Andre Wilson, and foreign nationals Rivas Lara and William Jimenez, both Venezuelans, and Jamaican Jermaine Charles.