TAXI driver Leron Yarris (no address given) was sentenced to three years imprisonment on a drug trafficking charge yesterday.

The 34-year-old man was found guilty as charged for the offence by Magistrate Judy Latchman and was also fined $100,000.
On his previous appearance, the convict had pleaded not guilty to the charge, which alleged that, on May 13 in Albouystown, Georgetown, he had six and a half grammes of cannabis (marijuana) for the purpose of trafficking.
The Prosecution facts are that on the day, around 12:45 hrs, a Police patrol stopped the defendant who was riding a bicycle and requested to carry out a search on him, but before they could do so, he threw a plastic bag in a nearby yard.
The bag was retrieved and found to contain seven small ziplock bags with the illegal substance and, under caution, the defendant accepted ownership of the prohibited substance and was subsequently arrested.
Yarris was represented by attorney-at-law Ms. Natasha Vieira, who told the Court that the Police did not find the drug on her client.
She said he is a taxi driver and the sole breadwinner of his grandmother.

(By Geeta Rampersaud)