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Porkknocker jailed for drug possession

Jul 02, 2011 News

Christopher  Tuesday,  a  porkknocker  of  Third  Avenue,  Bartica,  and  a  father  of  six,  the  youngest  being  15,  was  yesterday sentenced  to  three  years’  imprisonment  and  fined  $ 120,000 with an alternative of a further three  months’ imprisonment. for  the  possession  of  Cannabis  Sativa for  the  purpose  of  Trafficing .
Police  Prosecutor,  Inspector  Oswald  Pitt, stated  that   around  23:30  hrs  on  June 28, last,  police  ranks  were  on  mobile patrol along Second  Avenue,  Bartica,  when they saw the accused riding  a  pedal  cycle  and acting in a  suspicious manner,
They stopped  him  then  conducted  a  search  and  found  the  illegal  substance  in  his   right  hand .
Tuesday was described as a  known  character  who is  also  before  the  Courts  on  a  simple  Larceny  Charge,
He had  only  recently  come  out  of  prison  after  serving  time for simple larceny.
And  Odinga  Mc Kenzie, 35,  of  278 Q  Guyhoc Park,  Georgetown  appeared  in  the  Bartica Magistrate’s Court yesterday to  answer  to  the charges  of  possession  of  Narcotics  for  the  purpose  of  trafficing .
It  was  alleged   that  on  Tuesday the  defendant was a  passenger  heading  to Itaballi,  Mazaruni  River when  police  ranks  stopped  the  said  boat  and  conducted  a  searched  on  the  defendant.
They unearthed  nine grams  of  cocaine  and  358   grams  of  Cannabis Sativa, concealed  in  a  black  plastic  and  wrapped  in  brown  scotch  tape   among  four  trays  of  eggs  that  the  defendant  had  in  his   hands  at  the  said  time.
The  defendant then  entered  a not  guilty  plea  and  will return  to  the  Bartica Magistrate’s  Court on  August , 26.

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