POLICE found cannabis (marijuana) in a tennis roll being taken to a man in the lock-ups at Brickdam Police Station, Acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry heard yesterday.

Before the court, at the time, was Gary Halley, of Lot 174 Thomas Street, Kitty, also in Georgetown, who is charged with attempting to smuggle the narcotic into the station between tennis rolls on September 25.
He pleaded not guilty to being in possession of the drug.
Police Sergeant Gordon Mansfield, prosecuting, said the defendant went to visit someone at the station and had a bag containing tennis rolls.
The prosecutor said a search revealed that one of the tennis rolls was cut and in it was a plastic parcel with leaves, seeds and stems of the prohibited plant, all of which when tested and weighed amounted to one gramme.
Halley admitted having the tennis rolls but said he was not aware that marijuana had been inside.
He said he was given the bag to take to a person in police detention.
He was put on $3,000 bail until October 1.