Latest update June 18th, 2025 12:42 AM
Latest News
- Guyana to help supply one-third of global oil output by 2030: IEA
- GuySuCo to start planting rice, cassava
- Israel kills at least 89 Palestinians in Gaza’s deadliest day at aid sites
- US oil majors dive into Brazil’s environmentally-sensitive area
- ExxonMobil commences drilling at Hamlet-1 and Lukanani-2 wells in Stabroek Block
Miner admits to buying and selling weed
Kaieteur News – A miner caught with marijuana in his possession on Saturday told police that he bought the drugs from Berbice, Region Six, to retail.
The Marijuana found in the miner’s haversack
The miner, Ronel Trotman, 38, of Golden Grove, East Coast Demerara, (ECD) was busted with 781 grams of marijuana inside of his haversack along the trail at Itabali, Region Seven. Region Seven ranks were conducting an operation in the area when they stopped a truck.
Trotman was one of five passengers traveling on the heavy-duty vehicle.
While searching the truck and their belongings, police found a multi-coloured haversack containing the marijuana.
Trotman immediately said that the haversack belongs to him. Police cautioned him about the illegal possession of drugs and he admitted that he sells marijuana. “It is me weed; I buy it from Berbice to sell”, he reportedly told police. He was arrested and is presently in custody at the Bartica Police Station.
Similar Articles
THE BLUNT OF THE DAY
Sports
Features/Columnists
Does the mandate of the Ethnic Relations Commission extend to offensive but non-racial comments?
Kaieteur News – The Ethnic Relations Commission (ERC) of Guyana was established under Article 212A of the Constitution... more
Antigua and Barbuda hosts the OAS at a crucial juncture for the Americas
By Sir Ronald Sanders Kaieteur News – The 55th Regular Session of the General Assembly of the Organisation of American... more
Weekend Cartoon
