Senior Magistrate Maxwell Edwards postponed the commencement to August 8, after Police Sergeant Patrice Henry said the Chambers of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) would now be involved with prosecuting the case.

Henry, who had said, on the last occasion, he would be the prosecutor, explained yesterday that he has since handed over the file and requested another postponement on behalf of the DPP’s Chambers.

Attorney-at-law Mr. Vic Puran, representing defendants Wayne Inniss, of Lot 130 Lamaha Springs, Georgetown and Shandy Stephens, of Lot 118 Dacama Circle, Mackenzie, Linden, made another unsuccessful application for them to be granted bail.

Defence Counsel said the two dishonourably discharged soldiers, jointly accused of conspiracy to traffic 60 kilogrammes 681 grammes of cannabis (marijuana) between last May 1 and 11, have already been in prison for three months.

Inniss alone is facing a separate charge of trafficking that same amount of narcotic by exporting it.