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Mar 09, 2013 News
… but heads to jail
Sylvester Joseph, called “Squeaky”, 24, of Victoria Street, Cumberland, East Canje, Berbice was on Friday jailed for three years and fined $51,600 by Magistrate Adela Nagamootoo when he appeared before her at the New Amsterdam Magistrate’s Court.
He was found guilty on a charge of possession of narcotics for the purpose of trafficking.
Prosecutor, Sergeant Godfrey Playter, said that around 01:05 hrs on December 29, last, the police were on mobile patrol when, in the vicinity of Main and Pitt Streets they noticed Joseph, who was carrying a bag, acting in a suspicious manner.
He was stopped and searched and in a camouflage bag he was carrying over his shoulder, nine Zip Lock transparent plastic bags containing leaves, seeds and stems of the marijuana plant were found.
He was told of the suspicion, arrested and taken to the Central Police Station where the contents were tested and weighed and found to be 43 grams of marijuana. He was subsequently charged.
He told investigators that someone sent him to buy the drugs, but could give no plausible description of who the person was.
In court Joseph had earlier pleaded guilty, but had informed the court that he did not know about the drugs. Thus the magistrate had entered a not guilty plea for him.
He had told the court, “Your worship, I don’t know about any drugs. I went and sport at a bar in New Amsterdam and a get drunk. When a done drink me been going home and me go and standup at Pitt Street waiting to see how ah gone reach home. Same time the police come and start beat me up fuh nothing. They bring a bag and put it over me shoulder and tell me how a get drugs on me.”
At the conclusion of the trial Joseph was found guilty on the charge of possession of narcotics for the purpose of trafficking and jailed.
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