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Inmate held with ganja in New Amsterdam Prison

Jan 07, 2013 News

 

 

A convicted prisoner has fingered a Prison Officer after he was caught with over 800 grams of marijuana in the New Amsterdam Prison on Friday night.
According to reports, an alert Prison Officer who was working in the compound of the prison around 21:30 hrs on Friday, saw a suspicious movement in the precincts of the facility.
Upon checking, he noticed convicted prisoner Clifton Ramcharran called “Witch”, 39, with a haversack over his shoulder.
Ramcharran is serving a two-year sentence for escaping from lawful custody,
The Prison Officer challenged him and ordered him to stop, but he continued walking towards the male dormitory.
The Prison Officer followed and when he finally caught up with Ramcharran, a search was carried out on the prisoner, revealing a quantity of cigarettes and spoons in one of his pockets.
A further search unearthed the bag in which a quantity of leaves seeds and stems suspected to be marijuana was found.
The contents were later tested and weighed and found to be 851 grams of the herb. Confronted with the harsh reality of being charged with possession of narcotics for the purpose of trafficking, Ramcharran gave the name of a Prison Officer who he claimed had sent him to collect the drugs.
The Prison Officer when confronted denied that he knew anything of the arrangement.
The police and prison authorities are investigating and charges are likely soon.

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