Days after he was arrested, a Linden resident was on Tuesday fined $603,600 and sentenced to one year imprisonment after he admitted to trafficking 402 grammes of cannabis.
Robert Vyphuis, 37, a gold miner appeared before Magistrate Wanda Fortune at the Linden Magistrate’s Court.
He pleaded guilty to the charge which was read to him and he was sentenced.
Vyphuis was arrested on July 3rd around 16.10hrs.
Police yesterday said that ranks from the Mabura Police Outpost intercepted Vyphuis in front of the Mabura Police Outpost, on a motorcycle.
A search was carried out of his possessions during which a bulky transparent plastic bag, containing a quantity of leaves, seeds and stems suspected to be a narcotic was found on the motorcycle.
Vyphuis was taken to the Mabura Police Outpost, where the suspected narcotics was weighed and amounted to 402 grams.
