Jomo Peters, a 44-year-old labourer of Nabaclis, East Coast Demerara (ECD), was slapped with a with possession of narcotics charge after 26.42 grams of cannabis were found in his possession on Sunday.
Reports are that police nabbed Peters with the narcotics at Suddie Public Road, Essequibo Coast.
The charge was laid under Section 4 (1) (a) (i) of the Narcotics Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Control Act, Chapter 10:10. Peters appeared before Charity Magistrate’s Court Monday, where the charge was formally read to him by Magistrate Tamieka Clarke.
He pleaded guilty to the offence, and Magistrate Clarke, fined him $30,000. The court also warned that failure to pay the fine would result in six weeks of imprisonment.
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