Prison guard remanded on drug charge

Corrections Officer Kevan Seymour (in grey shirt), Suzette Wright-Smith (in blue shirt) and her son Philip Smith (with cornrows) faced drug charges Friday afternoon

Nassau-A prison inspector went from guard to inmate after he was remanded to prison on a drug charge.

Officers from the Drug Enforcement Unit (DEU) arrested Inspector Kevan Seymour, 47, along with Jamaican Suzette Wright-Smith, 47, and her son Phillip Smith, 19 on Friday morning.

The arrest took place at the Smiths’ home off Firetrail Road following the seizure of 13 ounces of marijuana.

The drugs have a wholesale street value of $1,950.

They denied a charge of drug possession with intent to supply at an arraignment before Chief Magistrate Joyann Ferguson Pratt Friday afternoon.

They were denied bail because the magistrate lacks the power to consider bail for the charge.

As a result, they have to seek bail in the Supreme Court.

The magistrate set trial for September 1.