Venezuelan national Franklin Gonsalves was on Monday remanded to prison by Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan on a charge detailing that on July 9, 2018, at Kaikan Village, Cuyuni River, Region Seven, he had in his possession 1000 grams of cannabis for the purpose of trafficking.
Gonsalves denied the charge before the chief magistrate, but Police Prosecutor Gordon Mansfield told the court that, on July 9, Police stopped and searched the 29-year-old because he was observed acting in a suspicious matter, and the narcotics were reportedly found in a transparent bowl in a haversack in his possession.
The prosecutor objected to Gonsalves being placed on bail, because, as a foreigner, he is a flight risk. As such, Gonsalves was remanded to prison, and the case was set to continue before the Kamarang magistrate on September 17.
