Policeman and stepson accused in drug trial

Read storyDetective Sergeant Weymond Demeritte told a court why he arrested a policeman and his stepson for cocaine possession Tuesday.

Demeritte said he found a kilo of cocaine after searching a bag that had come on a Sky Bahamas flight from Haiti.

Authorities suspect the bag belonged to Jacoby Knowles, 25. Demeritte arrested Knowles and released him, pending further investigation.

The policeman went to Joseph’s home on December 8 last year. When they knocked, Knowles came to the door with his 36-year-old stepfather, Policeman Wilson Joseph.

Police then confiscated Joseph’s cell phone during a search. Recordings of phone calls from a phone registered to Joseph have already been presented as evidence in the matter.

Demeritte is the final prosecution witness in the trial, which continues on April 15.

Joseph has been suspended from duty and place on half-pay pending the matter’s conclusion.

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