A 30-year-old labourer, who was busted on Sunday with a quantity of illegal drugs including cocaine and marijuana, was remanded to prison when he appeared before Principal Magistrate Faith McGusty at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts.
Tony Lancaster
Tony Lancaster, of Third Avenue, Bartica, Region Seven (Cuyuni-Mazaruni), and Trinity Street, New Amsterdam, Berbice, denied the accusation which stated that on March 29, 2020, at Itaballi Police Checkpoint, he had 977 grams of marijuana in his possession for the purpose of trafficking.
He further pleaded not guilty to another charge which stated that on the said date and location, he had one gram of cocaine in his possession for the purpose of trafficking.
Police Prosecutor Delon Sullivan in presenting the facts of the case told the court that ranks at the Itaballi Police Checkpoint
The parcels of illegal drugs that was discovered
stopped a lorry and requested to have a search conducted on same.
During the exercise, a police rank discovered the drugs in a bag the defendant was carrying and as such, he was arrested and placed in custody.
While in Police custody, Lancaster confided to the ranks that the illegal drugs were his.
Prosecutor Sullivan submitted that the defendant should not be released on bail citing the penalty the charge attracts and the fact he admitted to ownership of the drugs.
Magistrate McGusty, after listening to the prosecution’s submission, upheld same and remanded Lancaster to prison until April 6, 2020.
