Mahdia miner gets $200k bail on narcotics charge

– driver busted with ganja at Itaballi checkpoint

Sixty-one-year-old Elvis Arthur, a miner from Potaro Mahdia, Region 8 (Potaro-Siparuni), was placed on $200,000 bail after being charged with narcotics possession.

Arthur appeared before Magistrate Tariq Mohamed at the Bartica Magistrate’s Court on Thursday, where he pleaded not guilty to the charge.
As such, he was granted $200,000 bail and will make his next court appearance on December 5, 2025.
Meanwhile, a 22-year-old driver from Byderabo Road, Bartica, was taken into custody after he was found with 20.7 grams of cannabis in his possession at the Itaballi Checkpoint on Thursday.
Police stated that during a routine stop-and-search exercise, ranks intercepted a motor lorry travelling from Bartica to the Mara Mara Backdam and conducted a search on the driver, during which the ganja was found.
The narcotics were weighed and amounted to 20.7 grams. He remains in custody pending charges.