A November 3 trial date has been set for the five men charged in connection with the last year's massive cocaine bust in Havendale, St. Andrew.
The date was set when the men appeared in the Home Circuit Court on Tuesday.
A May 20 bail application was also scheduled for the three defendants — 57-year-old Clive Davis, 58-year-old Colin Ricketts and 42-year-old Clayton Peart — who are still in custody.
The other two defendants, 72-year-old Junior Haldane and Aubrey Sterling, were offered bail last December.
The men have been charged with possession of cocaine, dealing in cocaine, trafficking cocaine and conspiracy, following the J$12 billion drug bust in August - the largest drug find on record.
Officers from the police's Firearms and Narcotics Investigation Division (FNID), accompanied by units from the Counter-Terrorism and Organised Crime Investigations Branch (C-TOC), raided the premises and seized several knitted bags containing cocaine. Approximately 2,600 kilogrammes or 5,569 pounds of the drug with a street value of US$75.79 million was allegedly found during a three-hour operation.
The police were reportedly acting on information when they went to the premises as the men were allegedly loading a bus with the bags of cocaine.
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