Labourer admits to possession of ganja, fined $30,000
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.
Fined: Jomo Peters
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.
