Governments wants $40,000 in suspected drug money

Read storyThe government wants to confiscate $40,000 in what they say came from illegal drug profits.

Officer Weymond Demeritte testified that he found $28, 420 on Eugene Symonette and $10,571 on Ian Porter when he searched them in 2006 at the Lynden Pindling International Airport.

Porter is serving a 42 month sentence for conviction of possession of 961 pounds of marijuana. Symonette is on trial in relation to the seizure of 46 pounds of marijuana.

The trial continues on May 6.

Full Story in The Nassau Guardian here