6 months’ jail for ECD man found with narcotics

A 57-year-old man of Middle Road, Vryheid’s Lust, East Coast Demerara (ECD) was jailed for six months on Tuesday after pleading guilty to a narcotics-related charge.
Michael Singh, called “Mikey”, appeared before Magistrate Ruschelle Liverpool at the Sparendaam Magistrates’ Courts.
Earlier this month, a 29-year-old man was sentenced to six months in prison on a similar charge.
Tony Singh had appeared before Senior Magistrate Leron Daly at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts, where he pleaded guilty to trafficking 3.9 grams of cocaine on August 10, 2022.
He was given the option to pay a $30,000 fine or serve six months in jail for the offence. He opted for the latter, telling the court that he would smoke the illicit drug. As a result, the Magistrate also ordered that he be sent for rehabilitation.
The Guyana Police Force (GPF) had stated that Police ranks searched Singh and found a cigarette pack containing a quantity of a whitish rock-like substance (which turned out to be cocaine) in the crotch of his pants. The ranks were at the time carrying out operations at Bourda Street, Georgetown. As such, he was arrested, and escorted to the Alberttown Police Station and later prosecuted. (G1)