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North West man gets three years for narcotics
A coal miner from the North West District was yesterday sentenced to three years in jail after he pleaded guilty to trafficking in narcotics. Ivor Rose, 52, a resident of Mabaruma, had been held with six grams of cocaine and four grams of cannabis in his possession.
Jailed for three years: Ivor Rose
Acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry presided over the matter which was presented at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court. Police prosecutor Gordon Mansfield furnished the court the details of the case.
The case stated that on the day in question, ranks acting on certain information detained Rose who was in the vicinity of the Mabaruma Police Station. The suspect was taken into the station where a search was conducted of his person. The narcotics were found in hidden in his pants crotch wrapped in five aluminum foil parcels. Rose was immediately charged with the offence.
An unrepresented Rose said that he accepted the police facts, but claimed that he was on his way home to Kumaka when he picked up a bag that he found on the road. “I did not open it to see what was inside,” the accused claimed.
The Acting Chief Magistrate then ruled that Rose serve a three-year jail sentence along with a $30,000 fine for the cocaine charge as well as pay a $3,000 fine and serve six months of community service for the marijuana charge.
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