Pomona teenager charged for smoking ‘weed

A sixteen-year-old resident of the Pomona Housing Scheme on the Essequibo Coast was on Monday arraigned before Charity Magistrate Sunil Scarce on a charge detailing that he had been caught smoking cannabis (weed).

The court heard that during a police patrol on May 14, the teenager was caught smoking the illegal substance, was told of the offence, and was subsequently arrested.

The teen pleaded not guilty to the charge, and his attorney, Haimraj Ramsewack, told the court that his client is a first time offender and was not a flight risk.

Being under-age, he was released into the care of his father. The matter will be called again on May 22 at the Suddie Magistrate’s Court.