A 52-YEAR-OLD gold miner was on Monday remanded to prison by Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan on a drug trafficking charge. It is alleged that Clive Fields called ‘Blackie’ on January 6, at Black Water Landing, Konawaruk River, had 70 grams of cannabis for the purpose of trafficking.
The unrepresented Fields of One Mile, Wismar Linden, pleaded not guilty to the charge when it was read to him. The Police Prosecutor did not relate the facts.
The Chief Magistrate remanded Fields and transferred the matter to the Mahdia Magistrate’s Court for January 17.