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Corentyne resident jailed on drug charge
Rabindranauth Reddy called, “Ravi”, a labourer of Lot 961 Hampshire, Corentyne, Berbice was on Monday sentenced to three years in jail by Magistrate Adela Nagamootoo when he appeared before her at the New Amsterdam Magistrate’s court and pleaded guilty to the charge of possession of narcotics.
According to prosecutor Corporal Roberto Figueira, on Saturday June 23, last, a mobile police patrol in the Rose Hall Town noticed Reddy acting in a suspicious manner.
He was stopped and was found to be carrying a whitish substance in his hands.
The substance was retrieved and he was arrested and taken into custody. When the substance was tested and weighed it was found to be 1½ grams of cocaine.
He was charged and appeared in court on Monday and pleaded guilty.
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