59- year-old man fined for narcotics possession

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A 59-year-old man was fined by Acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry on Friday for being in possession of cannabis.

Fitzroy Damon (no address given) made an appearance at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts to answer to the charge of possession of narcotics. The defendant pleaded guilty to the charge, which stated that on April 19 at Stabroek Market, Georgetown, he was in possession of five grams of cannabis.

The magistrate asked the defendant if he uses the narcotic, to which he replied saying “yes does eat it, get clean out with it”. The man also told the court that he has a medical disability.

In taking the defendant’s physical ailment into consideration, the magistrate sentenced him to pay a fine of Gy$3000 along with two weeks community service.

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