A MOTHER and her two sons stood before Magistrate Faith Mc Gusty yesterday, charged with trafficking narcotics. 

Loraine Lamaison, Odell Monroe and Rawl Hetsberger, all of Lot 1925 Diamond Housing Scheme, East Bank Demerara, pleaded not guilty to the charge that said, on Saturday, December 4, at their home, they were in possession of 500 grammes of cannabis sativa (marijuana) for the purpose.
Police Sergeant Shellon Daniels, prosecuting , told the Court that ranks at the Diamond Station received information that the prohibited substance was being sold at the home of the trio.
The prosecutor said a search was conducted at the house and a black plastic bag, containing weeds, seeds and stems suspected to be cannabis, was found in the middle room and the defendants were arrested after being told of the offence and, subsequently, charged.
Attorney-at-law Mr. Nigel Hughes, for the defendants made a bail application but Sergeant Daniels objected, citing the seriousness and prevalence of the offence.
Consequently, pre-trial freedom was denied Monroe and Lamaison, but Hetsberger was ordered to post $250,000 since he was not in house at the time, but was on top fixing something on the zinc roof.
The case will be called on January 14, 2014, at the Providence Court, on the East Bank of Demerara, too.