A 42-year-old vendor was on Wednesday jailed for three years after he admitted to a narcotics trafficking charge.
Seon Fitzgerald, a father of one, appeared before Magistrate Judy Latchman at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts.
Fitzgerald admitted that on October 13, 2018, at Joe Singh Drive, Sophia, Greater Georgetown, he had in his possession 76 grams of cannabis for the purpose of trafficking.
According to the prosecutor’s case, on October 13, 2018, at about 07:00h ranks from Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit were on patrol duty in the area when they observed Fitzgerald acting in a suspicious manner. The man was approached by the ranks, who identified themselves and conducted a search on his person. A black plastic bag containing the cannabis was found in his possession. He was taken into custody.
The unrepresented man in plea of mitigation told the court that he found the bag with the cannabis.
“I was coming round the corner and I pick up it up, I told the Police I just find the bag, I have a baby, and I’m the only breadwinner for my family,” he said in his defence.
Magistrate Latchman handed down the three-year sentence and fined Fitzgerald $30,000.
