No bail for prison guard accused of throwing ganja over prison fence

A prison officer was remanded to prison on Thursday after being accused of trafficking marijuana, which the Police said was concealed in a bottle that he threw over the prison fence.
Twenty-six-year-old Keifer Lindore of Great Diamond, East Bank Demerara (EBD), is accused of trafficking 108 grams of marijuana on July 16 at Camp Street, Georgetown.
After the allegation was read to him by Acting Chief Magistrate Sherdel Isaacs-Marcus, Lindore entered a plea of not guilty and was refused bail and remanded until August 2.
Lindore is attached to the Camp Street Prison.
According to reports, at approximately 22:00h on July 16, Lindore, who was scheduled to undergo a drug test, entered the prison compound. He had to subject himself to a search and was, however, allegedly caught throwing two bottles of Ensure drinks over the prison fence.
When the bottles were retrieved, a quantity of leaves, seeds, and stems suspected to be cannabis were found inside one while the other contained ‘fronto’ and ‘bamboo.’
The Police prosecutor objected to bail being granted to Lindore while citing the prevalence and seriousness of the offence and that the incident was captured on CCTV.
Back in January, a female prison officer was charged with a similar offence after a quantity of marijuana was discovered in the guard hut at the New Amsterdam Prison.
It is alleged that on December 30, 2022, at the New Amsterdam Prison, Sarafine Pitt of Stanleytown, New Amsterdam, Berbice, Region Six (East Berbice-Corentyne), had 604 grams of cannabis in her possession for the purpose of trafficking.
Bail was granted to her in the sum of $100,000 after she denied the charge.
Police had reported that about 05:30h on December 30, 2022, they responded to a report at the New Amsterdam Prison of the discovery of suspected narcotics in the guard hut area.
A search was conducted on the prison officer by the prison authorities and they allegedly found a black plastic bag wrapped with transparent plastic containing a quantity of leaves, seeds, and stems suspected to be cannabis in the officer’s handbag.
As such, the prison officer, along with the suspected cannabis, were handed over to the Police. (G1)