Three men appeared at the Christianburg Magistrate’s court on narcotics charges on Wednesday and one admitted to the charges and was jailed for three years while the other two were remanded.
Leonard Rodney, 40, of Wisroc Housing Scheme, Linden appeared before Magistrate Ann McLennan and denied the charge of trafficking in narcotics. Police said that the charge stemmed from a search conducted on Tuesday by police ranks on a motor lorry in the Wismar area during which Rodney, who was in the tray of the vehicle, was found in possession of 694 grams of marijuana. He was remanded to prison.
Meanwhile, Patrick Philander of Victory Valley, Wismar, and Rennison Moore, 23, of Wismar also appeared at the same court on a joint charge of trafficking in narcotics.
Moore pleaded guilty and was sentenced to three years imprisonment and fined $405 000 while Philander pleaded not guilty and was remanded to prison.
The charges resulted from the police searching motor car, PNN 591, at a roadblock at Wisroc, Linden, on Tuesday during which 1 kilogram 53 grams of marijuana were found, police said.
