LEONARD Caleb, of Amelia’s Ward, Linden, Region 10, who was apprehended in November 2023 at Providence, East Bank Demerara (EBD) with a large amount of marijuana, has pleaded guilty to drug trafficking.
The 37-year-old man changed his plea from not guilty to guilty when he appeared in the Diamond/Golden Grove Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday.
Caleb’s sentencing hearing was postponed to March 19 by Senior Magistrate Sunil Scarce. The convict is being kept under remand until that hearing.
A press release from the Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU) stated that on November 30, 2023, its officers were carrying out an operation in Providence, close to a well-known mall, when they stopped a car driven by Caleb that had the licence plate PAE 6311.
After the car was searched, a salt bag with large packages inside that included a lot of leaves, seeds, and stems that subsequently tested positive for cannabis was found.
As a result, Caleb was taken into custody and escorted to the CANU headquarters with drugs.
The drug, according to CANU, weighed over 12.54 kilogrammes (or nearly 27.6 pounds) and had a street value of about $4 million.
