Uproar over Request to Amend Charges in SLM Cocaine Case

PARAMARIBO — The lawyers of E.B., G.B., R.T., A.O., G.R. and L.G. do not agree that the public prosecutor has requested an amendment of the charges against their clients. The six men, together with S.D., D.P. and O.Z., are suspected of having violated the Narcotics Act. They are accused of exporting five hundred kilograms of cocaine. The drugs were hidden in a space behind the cockpit of the SLM aircraft, where computers are located. The prosecu…