Tuschen man busted with ganja gets 3 months’ community service
Sentenced to community service: Lestroy Archibald
Twenty-nine-year-old Lestroy Archibald of Tuschen Old Scheme, East Bank Essequibo (EBE), who was arrested with 21.4 grams of ganja at Mango Landing in Region Eight (Potaro-Siparuni) was sentenced to three months of community service.
The mason by profession appeared at the Diamond Magistrate’s Court before Senior Magistrate Sunil Scarce, where he pleaded guilty with an explanation.
Reports are that two ranks were performing stop-and-search duty at the Mango Landing Police Outpost on Wednesday when they intercepted Route 72 minibus BXX 5372, being driven by a 63-year-old man.
The ganja that was found in the haversack
The four passengers and their personal belongings were searched, and one transparent plastic bag was found hidden among some clothing in a haversack belonging to Archibald.
A closer inspection of the plastic bag unearthed a quantity of cannabis.
The 29-year-old was taken to the Mahdia Police Station, where the cannabis was weighed and amounted to 21.4 grams.
