Mocha carpenter gets 3 years for ganja possession

…claims medicinal use to treat asthma

Harvey Moonsammy told Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan that he was using the ‘boiled herb’ to treat his asthma when he appeared before the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts to answer to the charge of trafficking in narcotics on Thursday afternoon.
It is alleged that Moonsammy was in possession of 90 grams of cannabis on December 23, 2017, at Parika, East Bank Essequibo (EBE).
The 26-six-year-old readily admitted to the charge while adding that a daily dose of the prohibited herb does well for his illness.
Prosecutor Arvin Moore said that on the day in question, Police on patrol spotted the defendant with a haversack, acting in a suspicious manner. After stopping him and searching the haversack, they found a quantity of leaves, seeds and stems suspected to be cannabis, in a ziplock bag. He was taken into custody and the suspected illegal substance was weighed in his presence. He was then charged shortly after.
The carpenter was ordered to pay a fine of $135,000, three times the street value of the drug and sentenced to three years in prison.