2 fined in separate drug, traffic charges; 1 gets bail for unlawful wounding

Three men appeared separately before Magistrate Ravindra Mohabir at the Anna Regina Magistrate’s Court on Thursday, October 30, charged with various, separate offences.
39-year-old Marlon Scott, a miner of Onderneeming Sand Pit, Essequibo Coast, was charged for possession of narcotics. When the charge was read to him, Scott pleaded guilty and was fined $17,000 and ordered to do 24 hours of community service at Suddie Police Station.

Also appearing at the Anna Regina Magistrate’s Court on Thursday, 27-year-old truck driver Ramsaywak Persaud, of lot 23 Hoff-Van-Aurich, Essequibo Coast, was charged with ‘Driving whilst breath alcohol level exceeded the prescribed limit’.
Persaud pleaded guilty and was fined $200,000 or faced six months’ imprisonment.
Meanwhile, Vickram Persaud, a 33-year-old fisherman of Lima Sands, Essequibo Coast, was charged with unlawful wounding, committed on 33-year-old John Singh, a guard of Lot 06 Perth, Essequibo Coast, which occurred Monday, October 27, 2025, at Lot 6 Perth, Essequibo Coast. The accused appeared at the Anna Regina Magistrate’s Court on Thursday, October 30, before Magistrate Ravindra Mohabir, where the charge was read to him.
He pleaded not guilty, and bail was granted in the sum of $100,000.
This case was adjourned to 21st November 2025.