AMOS Hendricks, of Lethem, Rupununi, was remanded to prison yesterday, on a drug trafficking charge. He pleaded not guilty, before Acting Chief Magistrate, Priya Sewnarine-Beharry, to having, on September 20, at Moco Moco,  he trafficked in 68 grammes of cannabis (marijuana).
Police Sergeant Gordon Mansfield, prosecuting, said ranks on mobile patrol observed the defendant walking, stopped and searched him and found a quantity of leaves, seeds and stems of the plant in a haversack he was carrying.
The defendant will make another appearance on December 4.