A TEENAGER, who was caught last Thursday trafficking 297 grams of compressed cannabis, pleaded guilty and was sentenced to three years’ imprisonment and also fined $445,000.

Nickey Nermal, 18, of Melanie Damishana, East Coast Demerara, was arrested and charged with possession of narcotics for the purpose of trafficking. He appeared before Magistrate Clive Nurse at the Linden Magistrate’s Court where he said he was guilty.

Reports are that he was a passenger in a route 43 minibus in Linden when an off-duty policeman, who was a passenger, observed the suspicious behavior of another passenger who was in possession of a bulky 10kg rice bag.

The constable caused the vehicle to stop at the Amelia’s Ward Police Outpost where a search of the bag revealed 297 grams of compressed cannabis.