A 39-year-old man was arrested and charged on Tuesday after he was found with a quantity of marijuana in his possession.
Khemraj Ramlall, of Lot 2 Doctor Bush, Albion, Corentyne, Berbice, Region Six (East Berbice-Corentyne) was arrested after he was found with 20 grams of cannabis for the purpose of trafficking.
He appeared at the Albion Magistrate’s Court before Magistrate Rabindranauth Singh on the same day he was arrested, and pleaded guilty to the charge.
He was subsequently sentenced to 36 months in prison for the offence.
Just days ago, a 44-year-old salesman of Church of God Road, Buxton, East Coast Demerara (ECD), was arrested after a quantity of ganja and methamphetamine was discovered in his haversack at Itaballi Checkpoint, Region Seven (Cuyuni-Mazaruni).
Guyana Times understands that Police ranks intercepted a truck and instructed the occupants to disembark with their belongings.
At the time, the occupants were the driver, the salesman, and a porter. During the operation, the Police conducted a search of a camouflage haversack belonging to the suspect and the ganja and the methamphetamine were found hidden in a multi-coloured hammock.
As such, the salesman was told of the offence, cautioned, and later admitted ownership of the drugs. He was subsequently escorted to the Bartica Police Station, where the ganja and the methamphetamine were weighed. They amounted to 791 grams and 26 grams respectively.
Lawmen have since instituted charges against the salesman.
