A Kwakwani man was on Friday sentenced to three years in jail and fined just over $17 million for the possession of 25 pounds of ganja for trafficking.
Carlon Causeway was charged alongside Devin Causeway, of Third Phase, Kwakwani, Upper Berbice River, when both appeared before Magistrate Wanda Fortune via Zoom at the Linden Magistrate’s
Carlon Causeway pleaded guilty to the charge and was sentenced to three years’ imprisonment and fined $17,009,700, which was said to be three times the street value of the narcotics which was found in his possession.
Meanwhile, Devin Causeway pleaded not guilty to the charge and was placed on $100,000 bail with conditions that he lodge all his travel documents and report to the Kwakwani Police Station on the first Monday of every month. His matter was then transferred to the Kwakwani Magistrate’s Court and adjourned until October 7, 2022 for report.
Police ranks responding to a report of noise nuisance arrested the two men on Wednesday following the discovery of the cannabis.
According to a police force report, ranks responding to a report of noise nuisance went to Lamp Island, Kwakwani Water Front, Upper Berbice River around 04.00hrs.
While there, they observed a car, HD 673, driving away.
“The ranks gave chase and the driver of the motorcar drove into a nearby trench causing the vehicle to come to a halt,” the police said.
A search was conducted on the vehicle and two transparent parcels containing a quantity of compressed leaves, seeds and stems suspected to be cannabis sativa were found in the trunk.
The driver and a passenger, the Causeways, were arrested.
