A 42-year-old woman was sentenced to 32 months’ imprisonment after she was found guilty of trafficking 12.8 grams of ecstasy.
Roxanne Lawrie, a vendor of Charity Back Street, Essequibo Coast and Lot 142 Charity Squatting Area, Essequibo Coast, Region Two (Pomeroon-Supenaam), had been on trial for the offence of trafficking in narcotics before Magistrate Esther Sam at the Charity Magistrate’s Court.
At her initial court appearance in September 2023, Lawrie had denied the allegation.
The charge was laid under Section 5 (1ai) of the Narcotic Drug and Psychotropic Substance Control Act, Chapter 10:10. At the end of her trial last Monday, Lawrie was convicted.
Jailed: Roxanne Lawrie
The Essequibo Coast woman was arrested on Friday, September 8, 2023, following the discovery of a quantity of ecstasy during a Police operation at her home.
Police stated that ranks, acting on information received, went to a house at Charity, where a search was conducted on Lawrie.
During the search, the ranks discovered a small white plastic bottle hidden in her genitals containing 14 pink and 15 yellow tablets suspected to be ecstasy.
Lawrie was informed of the offence committed and was cautioned. In response, she told investigators, “Them tablets me got fuh headache.”
She was arrested and escorted to the Charity Police Station, where the narcotic was weighed and amounted to 12.8 grams. (G1)
