-defendant tells N/A magistrate
-fined $6,000 and ordered to do two weeks of community service

WHEN he appeared before New Amsterdam Magistrate Sherdel Isaacs -Marcus to answer a narcotics possession charge, Parsharam Samaroo of Lot 153 Williamsburg Squatting Area, Rose Hall Town, Corentyne pleaded guilty to having in his possession one gramme of cannabis sativa, and told the magistrate that marijuana can be used to cure headaches.
Police on mobile patrol within the Rose Hall Township saw the defendant riding a bicycle whilst acting suspiciously, stopped and searched him, and unearthed portions of the illegal plant in the right side pocket of the trousers he was wearing.
Responding to questions by the court, the defendant said, “Madam, I usually have headaches, and a friend told me that ganja can cure it, so that is why I am using the herb.”
Samaroo was fined $6000, and was ordered to perform two weeks of community service within the precincts of the New Amsterdam Magistrate’s Court.