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By
Valdeen Shears-Neptune
Prisons officer Terrel Logan, 31, who was allegedly caught
outside the Port-of-Spain State Prison on Thursday trafficking
in marijuana was yesterday granted $125,000 bail.
Senior Magistrate Lianne Lee Kim, presiding in the Port-of-Spain
Fourth Court placed Logan on bail after an application by
his lawyer Keith Scotland who said his client had no past
or pending matters.
He added that Logan, who was allegedly arrested with 684.7
grammes of marijuana, a quantity of cigarettes, cellphones
and wrapping paper outside the Port-of-Spain State Prison
on Thursday morning, would not be a flight risk, as his passport
had expired.
Initially the prosecutor had objected to Scotland’s application
for bail on the grounds that Logan was yet to be traced.
Scotland, however, continued his plea, adding that Logan,
who has six years service with the Prisons Service, was a
family man and had a wife and three small children dependent
on him.
The drug has an estimated street value of $7,000.
Police said Logan is the fifth prisons officer to have been
charged with drug trafficking and possession of illegal drugs
in the past few months.
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