A WATCHMAN was yesterday sentenced to three years imprisonment by Magistrate Judy Latchman for possession of cocaine.

Twenty-three-year-old T. J. Prince (no address given) was also fined $10,000 after he accepted the charge that was read to him.
Particulars of the offence stated that on March 9 at North Road, Georgetown, he was in possession of 0.8 grammes of cocaine.
According to the prosecution, on the day in question at around 22:23 hrs, police received information and as a result they proceeded to North Road between Orange Walk and Cummings Street, where they saw Prince and others sitting by a building.
The unrepresented man was seen with a black plastic container in his hand and as the ranks approached him, he threw the said container to the ground. The container was retrieved by the police and when opened the illicit drug was found. Subsequently, he was told of the offence, arrested and taken to the Alberttown Police Station where the prohibited drug was weighed in his presence.

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