Former Coast Guard officer on drug charge

Bridgetown.

Ovid Conienskey Alleyne, 21 of Belle Road No.1, My Lord's Hill, St Michael, was remanded to HMP Dodds when he appeared in the District "A" Magistrates Court yesterday.

Alleyne, a former member of the Barbados Coast Guard  was arrested at sea last Wednesday, along with Cedric Oliver Crichlow, 38, of Hillaby, St Andrew after allegedly retrieving 20 poythene bags of marijuana.

Alleyne and Crichlow are due to reappear at the District "A" Court on May 4.