Man busted with ganja remanded to prison

Ulric Lambert, 39, of Grove Squatting Area, East Bank Demerara, who was busted with 740 grams of cannabis at Sewanda Backdam in Region Seven (Cuyuni-Mazaruni), was remanded to prison on Wednesday.
The miner appeared before Magistrate Crystal Lambert at the Bartica Magistrate’s Court, where a charge of possession of narcotics for trafficking was read to him.
He pleaded not guilty and was remanded to prison until April 11.
Lambert was arrested on March 19 at Sewanda Backdam by members of a Police patrol that was conducting an operation between Sewanda and Turtle Creek.
While in Sewanda Backdam, the ranks observed Lambert throwing a purple haversack on the ground in a shop. The bag was retrieved and, upon checking, was found to contain 22 transparent parcels of cannabis, which when weighed amounted to 739.6 grams.
He was cautioned, arrested and charged.