Trio remanded over cocaine haul worth almost $27m

Ryan Alwyn Chichester, Michael Andrew Warde and Michael Quitin Franklin (Photo Credit: Jenique Belgrave/Barbados TODAY, TBPS) Three men charged in connection with a nearly $27 million cocaine seizure have been remanded to Dodds Prison after appearing in the No. 1 District ‘A’ Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday. Michael Andrew Warde, 56, of Greenidge Tenantry Road, Hindsbury Road, St Michael; Michael Quitin Franklin, 35, of Mount Friendship, St Michael; and Ryan Alwyn Chichester, 37, of Apt 1, Browns Gap, Sargeants Village, Christ Church, were not allowed to enter pleas to charges of possession, trafficking and possession with intent to supply 538.8 kilogrammes of the controlled substance. The indictable charges were allegedly committed a week ago on Monday. The suspected cocaine has an estimated street value of $26.94m. (JB)