Woman to do community service for ganja trafficking

Bibi Bano Akbar was on Thursday sentenced to do community service on a ganja charge after she had appeared before Magistrate Dylon Bess at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts.
The Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) has said that Akbar had initially been charged on October 28, 2022 with trafficking 556 grams of cannabis sativa (marijuana), but she had entered a not-guilty plea.
However, the 33-year-old woman opted to change her plea to guilty when she appeared before Magistrate Bess on Thursday, and the magistrate has sentenced her to perform 50 hours of community service and fined her $500,400. If she defaults in paying this fine, she would have to serve three years’ imprisonment. (G1)