CAMP STREET prisoner Odinga Edwards, 32, of 2A Queen Street, Cummingsburg, Georgetown, was caught secreting marijuana during a routine search of inmates at that institution, and was sentenced to 36 months’ imprisonment by Magistrate Judy Latchman at the Georgetown Magistrates Court yesterday.
Edwards confessed that on Thursday, April 24, within the precincts of the Camp Street Prison, he had in his possession 40 grammes of cannabis sativa (marijuana) for the purpose of trafficking.
Edwards is currently serving a 54-month sentence for robbery under arms; this will be completed by December.
Police Inspector Joel Ricknauth, prosecuting, said that on the day in question, at around 15:15 hrs, the prisoner returned from the Ministry of Home Affairs after conducting a normal day of labour, and a routine search conducted on his person unearthed the illegal substance.
Edwards had been instructed by Officer Marvin Lewis to set himself in a squatting position with his clothes off, and a four-inch cylindrical-shaped object fell from his anus.
The officer asked him if he had more of the objects, and Edwards responded, “Yes, there is one more”.
Apart from being sentenced to 36 months’ imprisonment, Edwards was also fined $60,000. His sentence will commence after he has completed serving his present jail term.
