A video editor employed by Opposition Leader Azruddin Mohamed signalled on Monday that he would demand concrete evidence from police regarding the alleged drone operation near Dr Ali’s private residence.
The video editor is employed by Opposition Leader Azruddin Mohamed, who offered to have the drone examined at the police station.
Magistrate Ravindranauth Singh granted bail to Dwayne Ross, aged 25, who lives on Princes Street, Georgetown. Ross’s defence lawyer, Eusi Anderson, said Ross pleaded not guilty to three charges under the Civil Aviation Act. Two charges relate to unlawful operation of an unmanned aerial vehicle and one charge concerns failure to obtain authorisation to operate an aircraft. The magistrate set bail at GY$200,000 per charge, ordered Ross to return to the Leonora Magistrates’ Court on 30 September, to lodge his passport with the court and to report to police once monthly.
The prosecutor said it is “totally misleading” that Mr Ross was seated in a vehicle on the parapet, that the vehicle was intercepted at Goed Fortuin after a high‑speed chase, that the accused admitted ownership of the drone during a forensic video interview, and that presidential guard police observed Mr Ross operating a drone about 30 feet hovering over Dr Ali’s private residence. The prosecutor said he was unaware of the penalties for the offences.
Police searched Ross’s home in Georgetown on suspicion of guns and ammunition without a warrant. A “broken drone” was found at the accused’s residence and was placed among his items and recorded in his statement at the Leonora Police Station.
Mr Anderson applied to the court for preservation and disclosure of CCTV footage, private video footage, body‑camera footage and vehicle‑camera footage.
