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Lodge resident remanded, claims he mistook ‘Ecstasy’ for ‘sweetie’
Ezra Nedd, a 23-year-old resident of 71 Durban Street, Lodge, was yesterday remanded to prison for the possession of narcotics for the purpose of trafficking. He appeared before Magistrate Sueanna Lovell at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court.
Prosecutor Corporal Denise Booker , who revealed the facts of the police reports, which stated that on March 19 , about 17:00 hrs, police ranks were conducting a stop-and-search operation on Cemetery Road , when the defendant and occupants of a vehicle were searched. The police found on the defendant, a black plastic bag which contained twelve tablets, suspected to be ecstasy. When the defendant was asked for a suitable reason to justify his being in possession of the narcotic, he allegedly replied, “Officer is for my personal use.”
However, Nedd’s defence given to the court yesterday was drastically different to his initial statement to the police.
Nedd, who pleaded not guilty, told the court “Yuh Worship I was walking down Cemetery Road, right, and I see dis Ziploc bag with tablets inside and when I pick it up, I see the tablets look real nice and colourful, so I say it got to be sweetie and I put it in my pocket. Next ting yuh know, when I walking home now, the police stop me and search me and fine it pon me. I honestly thought it was sweetie, Yuh Worship.”
Magistrate Lovell retorted “The moral of the story… don’t pick up strange tablets on the streets”
Nedd was subsequently remanded to prison until his trial commences on April 22.
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