Imam granted bail

Lynch, 53, together with Andy Doolamsingh, 25, appeared in the Chaguanas First Court before Magistrate Jo-Anne Connor, jointly charged with possession of a nine-millimetre pistol and ten rounds of ammunition.

Lynch of Enterprise in Chaguanas heads the Enterprise Mosque while Doolamsingh of Charlieville, is employed as a security guard. The charge alleged that police found the illegal weapon in a car in which both men were alleged occupants at Chaguanas last week Tuesday. PC Roberts subsequently laid the charge.

Yesterday, the magistrate granted both men $80,000 surety bail each and adjourned the case to February 5. The accused men first appeared in the Chaguanas courthouse before Magistrate Margaret Alert who remanded them into police custody for tracing and ordered them to return to court yesterday