Essequibo man remanded on cocaine possession charge
Forty-nine-year-old Devanand Lall, a labourer of Sparta Village, Essequibo Coast, Region Two (Pomeroon Supenaam) was on Monday remanded to prison on a narcotics trafficking charge.
The cocaine found in Lall’s possession
Police stated that Lall was arrested on July 18 2024 at Sparta, Essequibo Coast with four grams of cocaine and was later charged.
He appeared before Magistrate Tamieka Clarke on Monday at the Charity Magistrate’s Court where the charge was read to him. He pleaded not guilty and as such, was remanded to prison until August 14.
The matter was reassigned to the Anna Regina Magistrate’s Court.
