– Bare Root miner gets bail on similar charge
Paulette Emanuel, 62, a businesswoman from North Ruimveldt, Georgetown, was sentenced to two years imprisonment and fined $60,000 after she pleaded guilty to two counts of narcotics possession. Emanuel was arrested on Sunday, November 2, 2025, and charged with two counts of possession of narcotics for the purpose of trafficking. She appeared before Magistrate Tariq Mohamed at the Bartica Magistrate’s Court on Monday where the charge was read to her.
It was reported that Emanuel was intercepted at the Itaballi Police Checkpoint with a quantity of suspected cocaine and cannabis during a police operation.
Police had stated that ranks stopped a motor pickup driven by a 38-year-old man of Byderabo Road, Bartica, and conducted a search of the occupants and their belongings, during which a multicoloured bag in the woman’s possession was found to contain the cocaine and the cannabis.
The cocaine was subsequently weighed and amounted to 261 grams, while the ganja weighed 102 grams. Meanwhile, Dale Marshall, 34, a miner from Bare Root, East Coast Demerara (ECD), who pleaded not guilty to a similar charge was granted $50,000 bail. He was arrested on November 2, 2025. He is expected to return to court on December 12, 2025.
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