Former AFC MP Secures $400,000 Bail for Marijuana Trafficking
November 7 2025
Former Alliance For Change (AFC) Member of Parliament, Devin Sears, was on Friday granted $400,000 bail after appearing before Chief Justice (ag) Navindra Singh at the High Court in Georgetown, in relation to a major marijuana trafficking case.
Sears, 39, an educator and political activist from Mackenzie, Linden, was jointly charged with 69-year-old farmer Albert Sandy of Tacama Waterfront, Upper Berbice River, over the discovery of more than 310 kilogrammes (683 pounds) of cannabis.
He was represented by attorneys Nigel Hughes and Bernard Da Silva.
The duo first appeared in court last month before Magistrate Rushelle Liverpool at the Linden Magistrate’s Court, where they were charged with possession of narcotics for the purpose of trafficking.
During that hearing, Sandy admitted to the offence and was sentenced to four years in prison, while Sears maintained his innocence and was remanded to custody after his initial bail application was denied.
Da Silva had argued that Sears was being unfairly detained since Sandy had taken full responsibility for the drugs, but the magistrate ruled that no special reason had been presented to justify bail.
As a result, the attorneys filed a bail application on Sears’s behalf in the High Court.
The case is scheduled to continue on November 11 at the Linden Magistrate’s Court.
According to police, the men were arrested on October 20, 2025, after a routine patrol near the Old Bamia Police Checkpoint in Linden led to the discovery of a large quantity of cannabis in a dark blue Toyota Hiace minibus registered to the Region 10 Tourism Committee Inc.
Investigators said Sears, who was driving the vehicle, appeared uneasy when questioned about its contents and claimed he was transporting “tourism plants.”
A search of the minibus uncovered 22 bulky black plastic bags and four large brown canvas bags containing what was later confirmed to be 310.71 kilogrammes of marijuana.
Both men were arrested and cautioned. Police said Sandy confessed that the narcotics were his and that he had hired Sears to drive him to Parika.
While Sandy is now serving his sentence, Sears has been released on $400,000 bail pending the continuation of the case.
