EBD miner jailed for 3 months after being found guilty on narcotics possession charge

A gold miner was sentenced to three months imprisonment by Magistrate Teriq Mohammed for possession of narcotics for the purpose of trafficking.
Fifty-one-year-old Ashman Scott, of Supply Village, East Bank Demerara (EBD), was arrested earlier this week at the Itaballi Checkpoint in Region Seven (Cuyuni-Mazaruni) following the discovery of a quantity of cannabis.
However, he was charged and appeared at the Bartica Magistrate’s Court, where he pleaded not guilty to the charge. This prompted a trial during which he was found guilty of the offence, which led to him being sentenced to three months in jail.