Key legal question
Whether sufficient suspicion existed to justify continued pretrial detention.
Extracted holding
Yes. The evidence gave rise to plausible and substantiated suspicions that the appellant knowingly participated in aggravated cocaine trafficking.
Extracted reasoning
The court relied on the discovery of more than 3 kg of cocaine in the vehicle, the appellant’s repeated cross-border trips with the co-suspect, contradictory statements about their relationship and travels, telephone contacts since August 2010, and indications of payment for transport assistance. At the detention stage, the court need only assess whether serious suspicion exists, not finally weigh guilt or innocence.