A FIFTEEN-year-old secondary school student in Berbice has been charged with being in possession of two grams of cannabis sativa. He recently appeared before Magistrate Sherdel Isaacs-Marcus where, in the presence of his mother, he pleaded not guilty to the charge.

The Form Three student told the court that he attends a secondary school on the Corentyne.
He was subsequently released into the custody of his single-parent after $10,000 bail was posted.
Earlier, Police Sergeant Phillip Sherriff, prosecuting, told the court that the defendant is a repeat offender who has a pending robbery-under-arms charge among other cases.
Sherriff said that on March 11 last at about 17:20hrs, the police were on mobile patrol when they saw the defendant sitting on a stall in the Rose Hall township.
He was acting suspiciously so the police stopped and carried out a search on his person. In doing so, a white paper parcel containing leaves, seeds and stems of the marijuana plant was found inside the defendant’s right front side pocket.
He was taken to the Rose Hall Police Outpost, where the illegal drug was weighed, and it amounted to two grams. The matter has been transferred to Albion Court for hearing on April 14.