ESSEQUIBO Magistrate Sunil Scarce sentenced fisherman, Balgobin Singh of Reliance, Essequibo, also known as “One Eye” to three years’ jail, and fined $30,000 for possession of narcotics.Singh appeared before Magistrate Scarce last Friday at the Suddie Magistrate’s Court to answer to a charge of possession of narcotics for the purpose of trafficking.

The fisherman, who pleaded guilty after the charge was read to him, explained that he is aware that his guilty plea means he is admitting to the offence.

The prosecution’s case is that on Friday February 21 the police were on patrol in Reliance at around 06.30 hrs when they stopped the fisherman on the public road and a search on his person unearthed three grammes of a whitish/creamish substance found in a cigarette pack. The fisherman was subsequently arrested and cautioned of the offense. He was unrepresented in court.
(By Rajendra Prabhulall in Essequibo)