Reggae singer George Nooks has reunited with his Mercedes-Benz GL 450 SUV.
The luxury motor vehicle was seized last month when the “God Is Standing By” singer was arrested on October 22.
“He’s happy to get back his vehicle. But we take issue that it was taken in the first place because they had no need to take the vehicle. We take issue with a lot of the circumstances of his arrest and subsequent detention,” Donahue Martin, one of several attorneys representing Nooks told the Jamaica Observer.
George Nooks spent a night in police lock-up and was freed last Friday in the Kingston and St Andrew Parish Court in Half-Way-Tree. His bail is set at $300,000 and he is scheduled to reappear in court on January 13.
The 59-year-old entertainer was arrested for an April 2019 incident and charged with possession of cocaine and attempting to pervert the course of justice.
Allegations are that Nooks ingested “some substance” after being accosted by the police in Liguanea, St Andrew, in April 2019. He was taken to Kingston Public Hospital for observation and subsequently released.
This is not George Nooks’ first run-in with the law on drug-related charges. He was freed of a similar charge on May 21, last year.
George Nooks is being represented by Queen’s Counsel Tom Tavares-Finson, Christopher Townsend, Donahue Martin and Kaysain Kennedy.
