A miner was yesterday remanded to prison after being arraigned on a drug trafficking charge.
Jermaine Beveney, 25, of 115 Ogle Strip Triumph, East Coast Demerara, appeared before Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry in a city court charged with having 457 grammes of cannabis in his possession for the purpose of trafficking on September 6, at Itabali, Essequibo River.
Beveney denied the charge.
Prosecutor Michael Grant said that police at Itabali were conducting patrol duties when motor vehicle GKK 531, in which Beveney and other persons were travelling, drove up.
The court was told that the lawmen instructed the occupants to disembark with their bags, which were searched.
According to Grant the bag in which the illegal substance was found was identified by