–for having ‘coke’, ‘ganja’ in his possession

ACTING Chief Magistrate Sherdel Isaacs-Marcus on Tuesday remanded a 50-year-old miner to prison for trafficking cocaine and cannabis.

Errol Grenion of 4 Miles, Bartica appeared before the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court and pleaded not guilty to the charge which read that on May 25, 2019, at Third Avenue, Bartica, he had 122 grams of cannabis along with four grams of cocaine in his possession for the purpose of trafficking.

Grenion’s lawyer, Paul Fung-a-Fat, told the court that the substances were not found in his client’s possession.

But according to the facts presented in court by police prosecutor Adduni Inniss, on the day in question, ranks from the Bartica Police Station were conducting raids in the Third Avenue area when they saw Grenion, who was carrying a black plastic bag, acting in a rather suspicious manner.

Innis said that upon seeing the police, Grenion promptly dropped the plastic bag, whereupon he was arrested.

On retrieving the plastic bag and searching it in Grenion’s presence, the police reportedly found that it contained a quantity of cannabis as well as cocaine.

Of course, Prosecutor Inniss objected to Grenion being released on bail given the seriousness of the charge, and the magistrate, ruling in his favour, remanded poor Grenion to prison until June 5, and transferred the matter to the Bartica Magistrates’ Court.