Linden man busted with ganja at Providence gets 4 years, fined $11M
Sentenced: Leonard Caleb
Leonard Caleb of Amelia’s Ward in Linden, who pleaded guilty to trafficking 12.54 kilograms of ganja at Providence, East Bank Demerara (EBD) back in November 2023, was on Friday slapped with a four-year prison sentence and an $11 million fine.
Having initially pleaded not guilty to the charge back in March, Caleb changed his plea to guilty when he appeared before Diamond Magistrate Sunil Scarce, and was as such remanded to prison and returned on Friday for sentencing.
Magistrate Scarce on Friday imposed a four-year prison sentence and a fined of $11,260,000 on Caleb.
The ganja found in Caleb’s car
It was reported that ranks of the Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) were conducting an operation at Providence, EBD, in the vicinity of a popular mall, when they intercepted motor car PAE 6311 with the suspect as the lone occupant. A search of the vehicle led to the discovery of a salt bag containing several parcels of cannabis.
Caleb and the cannabis were taken to CANU Headquarters, where the illegal drug was weighed and amounted to 12.54 kilograms (27.65 pounds), which has a street value of $4 million.
