FOUR men who were allegedly caught with cannabis sativa were brought before Magistrate Faith McGusty yesterday at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court. 

One of the four men, 25-year-old Rohan Singh of Lot 11 Railway Street, Kitty, Georgetown, was sentenced to three years imprisonment after he pleaded guilty to the charge.
Details of the offence said that on Wednesday at Railway Street, Kitty, he had in his possession 7.6 grammes of marijuana.
Meanwhile, his brother and two others who are facing the same charge were placed on $25,000 bail each and will return to Court Three for the commencement of their trial.
His brother Satesh Singh, 25, who also resides at the same address as Rohan, along with two others, Damion Sardina, a 27-year-old porter of Lot 32 Shell Road, Kitty and Orrette Sumner, 27, of Lot 91 Lamaha Street, Kitty all pleaded not guilty to the said offence that said on the same they also had in their possession 7.6 grammes of marijuana.
Police Corporal Seon Blackman, prosecuting, stated that on the day in question around 14: 45 hrs, acting on information received, police on patrol went to the address where they found four men at the upper flat of a building.
A subsequent search was carried out and the prohibited substance was reportedly found and the quartet taken to the Narcotics Branch, Criminal Investigations Department (CID).
The prosecutor objected to bail for the trio, citing the nature and gravity of the offence, but he was overruled.
Written By Geeta Rampersaud