Daniel Rodrigues, a 31-year-old miner from Port Kaituma, North West District was arrested on 2024-09-25 and charged on Friday with possession of narcotics and the assault of a woman.
The police said yesterday that the defendant appeared at the Vreed-en-Hoop Magistrate’s Court via Zoom conference from Port Kaituma Police Station before Magistrate Rabindranauth Singh, where the charge was read to him.
The defendant pleaded guilty to both charges and was fined $20,000 or one month’s imprisonment on each of the charges, a total of $40,000 or two months imprisonment if the fines are not paid.