Two men who are accused of possession of and cultivation of cannabis at Swan, Soesdyke/Linden Highway were remanded to prison yesterday by acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry.
The allegation against Linden Saunders and Okera Grennion is that on January 10, they cultivated a prohibited plant. Grennion is also accused of having in his possession 1.398 kilogrammes of cannabis.
Grennion, 20, and Saunders, a herbalist, of 37 Lamaha Springs, pleaded not guilty to the charges when they were read to them.
Prosecutor Lionel Harvey, in giving the facts of the case, said that on the day in question the police were conducting a patrol in the Yarrowkabra area, when they came upon a camp owned by the defendants. Harvey added that the camp had farmland cultivated with plants that stood at four feet tall. He said too that a bag was found in Grennion’s possession and it contained a quantity of seeds, leaves and stems, later verified to be cannabis.
The unrepresented Saunders and Grennion were ordered to return to Court Five on January 17 for reports and fixtures.
Police on Sunday said that a field of about one acre in size with marijuana plants between four feet and eight feet in height and a nursery containing over 500 seedlings were found and destroyed at Swan. The police also searched three houses and said an unlicensed 12 gauge single-barrel shotgun with two matching cartridges and 44.5 kilogrammes of dried marijuana were also found. Three men and two women were subsequently arrested in connection with the discovery.
