Chris Jonathan Kathan, a 33-year-old entrepreneur, was placed in detention at the Central Prison of Beau-Bassin after his appearance at the Pamplemousses court. This resident of Camp Gervaise, Cap-Malheureux was presented under a provisional accusation of drug trafficking. This after 36.36 of heroin with a market value of Rs 545,400 and the sum of Rs 64,000 were discovered at his home.
It is during a raid, led by the men of the sergeant Nareydoo of the Anti-Drug and Smuggling Unit (ADSU) of the North division, that this suspect was apprehended in the morning of Wednesday, October 19. These police officers found, during this search, a transparent plastic bag with a piece of adhesive tape of red color containing 13 other pieces of this adhesive tape with heroin, 5 other pieces in an adhesive tape of green color with heroin, another transparent plastic with adhesive tape of green color containing 10 pieces of this tape filled with heroin. The whole weighing a weight of 36.36 grams.
A sum of Rs 64,000 in different denominations that the police of the ADSU suspect to come from the sale of the drug. Chris Kathan was arrested for drug trafficking for the purpose of distribution. The suspect, formerly a resident of Shamrock, Rose-Hill, had been fined three times for drug offenses between 2013 and 2014. In 2015, he had received two years of probation for a possession of stolen items case.
