CORENTYNE police reportedly nabbed Delroy Leitch with 100 grams of ganja in the vicinity of the Rose Hall burial ground.The man appeared before Magistrate Rabindranauth Singh at the Albion Court where he denied the trafficking in narcotics charge. He was refused bail and further remanded to prison despite pleas for his pre-trial liberty by Attorney, Horatio Edmonson.

The lawyer told the court that the prosecution’s evidence was tenuous, as nothing was found on his client, who is a mason by profession.
Additionally, Leitch has encountered financial losses since his incarceration for the last two-and-a-half months.

However, the magistrate promised that bail may be considered if the witnesses are absent on the adjourned date.

Police said that on January 14 last, ranks were on mobile patrol in the vicinity of the cemetery when they saw the defendant sitting on a culvert acting suspiciously. When approached by the police, he allegedly threw away a compacted black plastic bag, which they retrieved, and found that it contained 13 silver parcels with leaves, seeds, and stems suspected to be portions of marijuana plant. The case was scheduled to be recalled Tuesday last.