AUBREY McFarlane, a Stabroek Market vendor, was, on Friday, February 21, 2020, released on $40,000 bail by Magistrate Leron Daly, at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court.
McFarlane denied the charge which alleged that, on Wednesday, February 19, 2020, he had 49 grams of cannabis in his possession for the purpose of trafficking.
The attorney of the defendant requested that McFarlane be granted reasonable bail due to the fact that investigations were on-going. Magistrate Daly, granted the request of the lawyer for his client to be given leniency in bail.
The allegation stated that, on Wednesday, February 19, 2020, between 08:00hours and 10:15hours, a cordon and search exercise was executed at the Stabroek Market area by police ranks from the Police Narcotics Branch.
The defendant was standing at a stall obliquely opposite Digicel outlet, when a search was conducted on his person and nothing of evidential value was found. He was questioned about his ownership of the stall and he confirmed ownership.
Upon his confirmation of him being the owner of the stall, the stall was searched and a black bag was found. The black bag contained two plastic bags in which seeds, leaves and stems were found and were suspected to be cannabis.
McFarlane made an attempt to defend himself by saying “I does catch fits and the weed does help with it”
The defendant was arrested and charged. The matter was adjourned until Friday, March 3, 2020.
