[UPDATED] Chaguanas man on bail charged with store breaking, larceny

A CHAGUANAS magistrate granted a man $150,000 bail on Tuesday charged with breaking into a store and stealing $3,000 worth of female and male clothes.

Zoriad Khan, who is unemployed, pleaded not guilty.

The magistrate adjourned the case to July 15.

Khan was unrepresented by an attorney.

A police report said the owner of Bert's Sports Centre at Ramsaran Street in Chaguanas secured the business by locking all doors and windows on June 15. Four days later, on June 19 at around 4 pm, he received information that it was broken into and contacted the police.

Sgt Nelson, PCs Ramoutar, Bacchus, Gaskin, Halls, Mootiram, and other police from the Central Division CID Operations Unit responded.

The officers arrested the accused near the store, allegedly with an assortment of clothing.

PC Gaskin laid the charge.