Investigating officer in the Rahman drug trial says parcels were found in a drawer and under the bed of Rahman’s home

The Investigating Officer in the drug trial of Joshua Aziz Rahman has told the court that they found a parcel wrapped in duct tape in the drawer while a stack of parcels were also found under the bed of the master bedroom of Rahman's home in Caubati during their raid.

Rahman was allegedly found in possession of 39.5 kg of cocaine in Caubati in 2019.

Detective Corporal Avinesh Dutt told the court that he had moved the mattress from the bed to climb on top of it and turn off the air conditioning unit.

He said when he climbed on top of it, his foot went in and with the assistance of another officer, the mattress was removed where they found a board was covering half the bed.

Dutt said that upon removing the board, he saw a black plastic bag laid out under the bed with a stack of parcels on the side.

The detective said that there were parcels marked all over the plastic and there was a little bit of powder around each mark.

The detective said that Rahman was called into the room and asked about it. He said Rahman had responded that he did not know anything about it.

He said that a dog unit was also present during the raid.

Dutt said the dog had shown interest around a play station unit in the TV room and the drawer where a parcel was found in the master bedroom.

He told the court that Rahman's room was also searched where a yellow note book and a few pages from that notebook was found on the table beside his bed.

The notepad and 3 pages were rendered in court as evidence however, Rahman's lawyer, Devanesh Sharma objected to this on the grounds that they were unaware of this and it was not in the list of evidence that was collected from Rahman’s house.

Justice Daniel Goundar had overruled the objection.

The trial continues in the Suva High Court tomorrow.