US citizen busted with ganja at CJIA jailed, fined
Malcolm Vinson, the 23-year-old US citizen who was intercepted by ranks of the Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport with a quantity of ganja, has been jailed and fined.
Malcolm Vinson
Vinson, an outgoing passenger destined for the JFK Airport, was arrested on Wednesday following the discovery of 274 grams of cannabis in his hand luggage.
In fact, the ganja was reportedly detected in several packs of snacks that were found in his hand luggage during a routine inspection. As such, he was told of the offence committed, and was taken into custody. The ganja was weighed and amounted to 274 grams.
The snack boxes in which the ganja was hidden
Vinson appeared before Magistrate Sunil Scarce at that Diamond-Golden Grove Magistrate’s Court on Thursday, and pleaded guilty to the offence of trafficking in narcotics. As a result of his plea, he was sentenced to two years-and-six months’ imprisonment, and fined $246,600.
