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Customs Broker released after Marijuana in Pumpkin case is dismissed

Aug 29, 2013 News

Customs Broker, Malcolm Sonaram, 38 of Lot 188 Garnett Street, Albouystown, was yesterday freed from a narcotic charge, which stated that he had over 19 kilos of cannabis concealed in a shipment of pumpkin for the purpose of trafficking.
Magistrate Judy Latchman dismissed the case against Sonaram after the prosecution was unable to link the evidence given by the witnesses to the accused.
When the matter was first called before Chief Magistrate Priya Beharry at the Georgetown Magistrates court on October 8, 2012, it was alleged that within the period of December 20, 2011 and January 10, 2012, at the Guyana National Industrial Corporation (GNIC) wharf, Lombard Street, Sonaram had in his possession, 19 kilos 930 grams of cannabis for the purpose of trafficking.
He pleaded not guilty to the allegations.
Court documents revealed that Sonaram was involved in transacting arrangements for a shipment of pumpkins which contained the said narcotic.
However, Attorney at Law Sanjeev Datadin, who represented the defendant at the first hearing, had told the court that his client is a Customs Broker who was only overseeing the consignment and that he had no actual control over it.
Datadin added that his client had no direct power or knowledge of the contents of the shipment.
At the end of the trial, none of the evidence put before the court implicated the defendant and he was subsequently freed.

 

 

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