ST GEORGE’S, Grenada, July 31, CMC – Two fishermen—a Vincentian and a Grenadian—were remanded to prison on Monday following a drug bust involving almost EC$1.5 million worth of cannabis.

Cosmore Francis, 37, of Rose Bank, St. Vincent was charged with possession of 655 pounds of cannabis with an estimated street value of EC$1,485,540; while Kyron Alexander, 43, of Soubise, St. Andrew, Grenada, was charged with conspiracy to traffic a controlled drug.

They were also jointly charged with trafficking in a controlled drug.

A police statement said the two were nabbed during a recent drug bust.

When they appeared in the Grenville Magistrate’s Court on Monday, they were denied bail.

They will reappear in court on August 10.