Two men appeared on Friday at the Diamond/Golden Grove Magistrate’s Court charged with the possession of 1500 grammes of cannabis for the purpose of trafficking.
Romel Bollers, 31, a mason of Lot 120 Brutus Street, Agricola, East Bank Demerara (EBD) and Evander Lewis, 32, of Lot 645 Kiskadee Drive, South Ruimveldt both pleaded not guilty when they appeared before Magistrate Sunil Scarce.
Bollers was remanded to prison while Lewis was granted $150,000 bail. The matter was adjourned to November 30th.
On Friday, the police had said that an intelligence-led operation was conducted between 8.50 pm and 10.40 pm on Wednesday on the public road at Grove, East Bank Demerara during which three persons were held.
A release from the police said that the operation was carried out in the vicinity of the Grove Police Station, during which a Toyota Premio motor car (PZZ 5392), which was proceeding North along the public road, was stopped and searched.
Bollers was the driver, while Lewis was seated in the front passenger seat of the vehicle.
Bollers and Lewis were told why they were stopped, after which the ranks searched them, and nothing illegal was found on their person. The ranks then searched the car and found several transparent bags on the back seat, which were examined and found to contain leaves, seeds and stems suspected to be cannabis.
The driver and occupant were told of the offence, cautioned, arrested and escorted to the Golden Grove Police Station, where the suspected cannabis was weighed, and it amounted to 150 grams.
Based on further information received, the ranks went to a house on the Grove Public Road, where contact was made with Latanya Reynolds, a 24-year-old vendor of the said address. Ranks carried out a search and found a plastic bag on a bench at the back of the yard. The bag contained a quantity of leaves, seeds and stems suspected to be cannabis.
She was told of the offence, cautioned, arrested and escorted to the Golden Grove Police Station, where the narcotic was weighed and amounted to 44.3 grams.
Durant charged Peters Hall vendor remanded over ganja
Nicholas Salchan, 29, a vendor of Lot 71 Back Street, Peters Hall, East Bank Demerara was remanded to prison on Friday on a charge of trafficking 44,700 grammes of cannabis.
The police said that he appeared at the Diamond/Golden Grove Magistrate’s Court #1 before Senior Magistrate, Sunil Scarce and pleaded not guilty.
His case will come up again on November 30th.
