Three persons on trial for shipping drugs

Two women, ages 37 and 26, and a man (27) appeared in Court on St Maarten Wednesday for their alleged roles in a large-scale drug network. The three suspects were arrested during a search of an apartment building on St Maarten on August 4, 2013. Police was acting on information received from Criminal Intelligence Service CID about possible illegal activities. The Prosecutor’s Office accused the three of involvement in the drug trade, consisting of, for instance, monthly shipments to Saba and the import of drugs from the United States. On March 5 the judge will give his decision .