July 23, 2017
George Nooks to face court on drug charges December
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Popular entertainer George Nooks, who was charged with possession of cocaine, is to go on trial on December 6.
Nooks, who appeared before the Kingston and St Andrew Parish Court on Friday, is being represented by Queen’s Counsel Tom Tavares-Finson and Donahue Martin Junior.
In May, the police reported that 56-year-old Nooks was spotted acting in a suspicious manner by lawmen during an operation in his community shortly after 9:00 pm.
He was accosted and a bag he was carrying searched. The bag was found to contain approximately two ounces of cocaine.
Nooks is well known for songs such as Money in My Pocket and his remake of Al Green’s I’ll Be Standing By.