ECD construction worker nabbed with ganja remanded to prison

Forty-one-year-old Wade Morrison, a construction worker of Haslington New Scheme, East Coast Demerara (ECD) was on Tuesday remanded to prison on a drug trafficking charge.
Morrison appeared before Magistrate Peter Hugh at the Cove and John Magistrate’s Court where the charge was read to him which stated that on June 14, 2024 at Haslington, he had 895 grams of Cannabis.
He pleaded not guilty and was remanded to prison until July 10, 2024.
Police stated that ranks acting on intelligence, proceeded to Haslington New Housing Scheme and observed a man standing in front of a yard holding a plastic bag. Upon seeing the ranks, the man allegedly attempted to flee into the yard, but was quickly apprehended.
The plastic bag he was carrying was found to contain a compressed parcel and ten small transparent Ziplock bags with cannabis. He was told of the offence committed and cautioned. He was taken to the Cove and John Police Station, where the marijuana was weighed in his presence and amounted to 895 grams.