Club owner busted with 5lbs. cocaine remanded to prison

The owner of the popular Blue Iguana Night Club in Alberttown, Georgetown, was on Monday, remanded to prison after he pleaded not guilty to a cocaine trafficking charge.

Royston Peniston, 44, was arraigned at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts before Principal Magistrate Sherdel Isaacs-Marcus where he denied the charge which alleged that on March 3, 2023, at Festival City, North Ruimveldt, Georgetown, he had 2.178 kilograms (approximately five pounds) of cocaine worth $2.1M, in his possession for the purpose of trafficking.

Peniston was remanded to prison until April 3.

According to a statement from the Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU), on the day in question, its ranks intercepted Peniston at Festival City with two suitcases containing parcels of cocaine.

A subsequent search of the suitcases in the man’s presence revealed a quantity of whitish powdery substance, which later tested positive for cocaine.

Following the search, the businessman and the narcotic were escorted to CANU’s Headquarters.