Cook jailed, fined $30,000 for ganja possession

Fifty-four-year-old Dexter Griffith, a cook of Vive La Force, Demerara River was on Monday sentenced to one-year imprisonment and fined $30,000 for narcotics possession.
He appeared before Magistrate Christel Lambert at the Bartica Magistrate’s Court on June 23, 2023, where the charge was read to him which stated that on June 23, 2023, he had 199 grams of cannabis in his possession. The interception was made at the 70 km checkpoint, Region Seven, Cuyuni Mazaruni.

However, he pleaded not guilty and was granted bail in the sum of $100,000. The matter was then set for trial on March 11, 2024, but was postponed to April 22, 2024.
Griffith made his second court appearance on Monday before Magistrate Teriq Mohamed who found him guilty.
He was sentenced to one-year imprisonment and fined $30,000.