Forty-eight-year-old Rondell Melville, who was busted with 3.072 kilograms (kg) of ganja during an operation conducted by the Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) at Lot 20 Durban Street Lodge, Georgetown, on Thursday, was charged and remanded to prison.
Melville appeared before Magistrate Anette Singh at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court on Friday, where he was arraigned for the offence of possession of narcotics for the purpose of trafficking, to which he pleaded not guilty.
As such, he was remanded to prison and will make his next court appearance on March 26, 2026.
CANU stated that on Thursday, its officers, acting on information received, conducted an operation at Lot 20 Durban Street Lodge, Georgetown, during which several parcels containing a quantity of cannabis were found.
Melville, who was at the premises at the time, was arrested and taken to CANU Headquarters, along with the narcotic, which was weighed and amounted to 3.072 kg. He was subsequently charged and placed before the court.
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