Wendell Hamilton, 41, of Roraima Housing Scheme, West Bank Demerara (WBD) was sentenced to prison for illegal possession of a firearm, ammunition, and narcotics.
Appearing before Magistrate Rhondel Weever at the Wales Magistrate’s Court on Friday, Hamilton pleaded guilty to the charges.
He received a two-year prison term for firearm possession and a one-year term for ammunition possession, and was fined $30,000, with an alternative of six months’ imprisonment for narcotics possession.
The ganja found during the raid
Additionally, he was fined $50,000 or an alternative of six months’ imprisonment for cultivating a prohibited plant.
The sentences are to be served concurrently.
It was reported that Hamilton was taken into custody after being found with one AR-15 rifle, four live rounds of 7.62×39 ammunition, and a quantity of cannabis sativa and cannabis plants at his premises.
Police stated that a team of Police Officers went to the home of the suspect on Thursday and requested to search his premises.
He agreed, and the ranks eventually found the rifle, ammunition, four blue pills and three transparent bags containing ganja in the living room area. In addition, three cannabis plants and four Ziploc bags containing cannabis seeds were found.
“The uprooted cannabis plants, along with the firearm, ammunition, and cannabis that amounted to 11.2 grams, were taken to the La Grange Police Station,” the Police stated.
Additionally, he was fined $50,000 or an alternative of six months’ imprisonment for cultivating a prohibited plant.
