RICKY Richards (no address given) pleaded not guilty to a drug possession charge before Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry on Monday.

Particulars of the offence said, on Saturday, April 20, at St. Elizabeth Backdam, Mahdia, Potaro, he had eight grammes of cannabis (marijuana).
Police Corporal Renetta Bentham, prosecuting, had objected to bail on the grounds of the seriousness of the crime and the punishment attached.
But Richards was allowed to lodge $50,000 for his pre-trial liberty and the case was transferred to Mahdia Court for July 17.