A FOURTEEN-YEAR-OLD lad, from Rose Hall, Corentyne, caught with one gramme of cannabis (marijuana), was fined $6,000 on Wednesday. In addition, Magistrate Adela Nagamootoo, before whom he appeared at New Amsterdam Court, also in Berbice, accompanied by his aunt, ordered that he undertakes three weeks of community service at Rose Hall Police Outpost.
The defendant confessed of having portions of the prohibited plant in his possession at Williamsburg, Corentyne on May 16.
He claimed to have been pressured into experimenting with the narcotic.