
Two men appeared before the Bartica Magistrate’s Court this week on separate charges; one was sentenced to prison for drug trafficking, and the other was fined for drunk driving and multiple traffic offences.
On Wednesday, Roger Simon, popularly known as “Goat Man”, a 60-year-old gold miner of Lot 25 Fifth Avenue, Bartica, Essequibo River, was sentenced to two years’ imprisonment for trafficking cannabis. The case was heard by Magistrate Teriq Mohammed, who handed down the custodial sentence after a trial.










