The 51-year-old businessman and justice of the peace (JP) who were last week arrested for their alleged involvement in forgery were hauled before the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate's Court on Wednesday.

Paul Crawford has been charged with uttering forged documents, forgery, obtaining passport by false means, attempting to obtain passport by false means, possession of and dealing in ganja. Pauline Perez, in her capacity as a (JP) for St Andrew, has been charged for making a false statement.

The Crown alleges that on February 13 about 3:15 p.m., the businessman was arrested after officials from the Passport Immigration and Citizenship Agency (PICA) alerted police that Crawford was making an application for a passport under an assumed name.

He was taken to his home where other documents were found in the name. Ganja weighing two pounds was also found. Perez was subsequently arrested. They were remanded until March 2.