A CITIZEN of Jamaica, who was apprehended for participating in a significant cultivation operation of marijuana, has received a sentence equivalent to the time already served.  The decision was made by the Vigilance Magistrates on Friday, thereby concluding the case that has been ongoing since January 2022.

When Winston Thompson, of Victoria, East Coast Demerara (ECD), came before Magistrate Fabayo Azore on Friday, he was informed that he was found guilty of cultivating a prohibited plant and trafficking 298 grammes of cannabis. In the end, he was sentenced to time served.
Ranks from the Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU), on Tuesday, January 25, 2022 arrested the 49-year-old Jamaican man following the discovery of a cannabis farm, a shotgun, and a quantity of ammunition at Nabaclis Village, ECD.
According to a release from CANU, ranks, acting on information, conducted the anti- narcotics operation during which they discovered a camp on a half-acre plot of land.
The ranks seized a total of 4000-5000 cannabis plants and seedlings, processed cannabis, one kilogramme of mixed seeds, one shotgun, one crossbow with several arrows, and several types of live ammunition, which were at the camp, a release from the unit said.