A se­cu­ri­ty guard and a bag­gage han­dler have been freed of con­spir­ing to traf­fic 63 ki­los of co­caine through the ANR Robin­son Air­port in To­ba­go.

An­drez Phillips, 36, of Dar­rell Spring, Scar­bor­ough, and 34-year-old Ky­lon Bap­tiste were freed of the charge last Wednes­day, af­ter pros­e­cu­tors failed to meet an ex­tend­ed dead­line to file wit­ness state­ments need­ed to ad­vance their case.

Phillips’ lawyer, Shawn Mor­ris, of the Pub­lic De­fend­ers’ De­part­ment (PDD), called for High Court Mas­ter Kim­i­tria Gray to dis­charge the men due to the un­ex­plained de­lay.