Pedal cyclist nabbed with ganja, community service for trafficker
Community service: Trevor Harold
A pedal cyclist has been nabbed with a quantity of cannabis after he was stopped and searched by ranks stationed at the western end of the Demerara Harbour Bridge on Thursday, November 24.
Reports are that at about 09:30h on Thursday, Police ranks performing duties at the western end of the Demerara Harbour Bridge stopped and searched a pedal cyclist and discovered 14.8 grams of suspected cannabis on his person.
The cannabis that was found in the pedal cyclist’s possession at the DHB
This 22-year-old resident of La Parfaite Harmonie, West Bank Demerara was arrested and escorted to the La Grange Police Station, where he has been placed into custody. The suspected cannabis was then weighed in his presence, and it amounted to 14.8 grams. He remains in custody pending charges.
And an East Coast Demerara resident who was caught with a quantity of drugs has been sentenced to serve six months of community service.
Arraigned on Thursday before Vigilance Magistrate Fabayo Azore on a charge of possession of narcotics for the purpose of trafficking,
41-year-old Trevor Harold, a labourer of Lusignan Pasture, East Coast Demerara, admitted to the offence and had the sentence of community service imposed on him.
