Driver busted with 9.8kg ganja in 2022 gets 3 years, fined $8.8M

Forty-nine-year-old Raymond Tinnis who was intercepted 9.8kgs of cannabis back in 2022 was on Monday sentenced to three years imprisonment and fined $8.8 million.

Tinnis was found guilty of the offence following a trial at the Vigilance Magistrate’s Court before Magistrate Mittleholzer.
It was reported that on June 2, 2022, Tinnis was intercepted by officers attached to the Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) at Mahaica Public Road, East Coast Demerara (ECD) with 9.8 kilograms of cannabis.
At the time of the interception, he was the only occupant of the vehicle. The cannabis was reportedly found hidden in the vehicle’s trunk.
Tinnis along with the narcotics, was taken to CANU headquarters where it was weighed and amounted to 9.8 kg with a street value of approximately $3 million.