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Grandfather jailed for ganja possession

Mar 01, 2012 News

 

 

Mark Anthony Jones,  48, a grandfather of High Dam Angoy’s Avenue, was yesterday sentenced to three years’ jail by Magistrate Adela Nagamootoo when he reappeared before her at the New Amsterdam Magistrate court and was found guilty on the charge of possession of narcotics for the purpose of trafficking.
The prosecution led by Corporal Roberto Figueira stated that on January 8, 2012 the police were on patrol in the area. In the vicinity of Patrick Dam, they noticed the accused acting in a suspicious manner. They stopped and searched him and found a transparent plastic bag with what turned out to be Marijuana concealed on Jones’s person.
Jones was arrested and taken to the Central Police station when the substance was tested, weighed and found to be 99 grams of Marijuana. He was subsequently charged and taken to court and found guilty.
In addition to the three-year sentence the accused was fined $118,800, the equivalent of three times the value of the drugs or a further 12 weeks in jail.

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