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Drug dealer gets second four-year jail term
Sheldon Simon, the man who was nabbed on Wednesday in a minibus on the Corentyne, with a quantity of narcotics, got his second four years in jail within the period of a year.
Simon, 45, who had given his address as Sheet Anchor, East Canje Berbice, and Lot 3 Ferry Street, New Amsterdam, had been jailed in May in his absence after he had skipped court on another ganja charge.
Simon appeared before Magistrate Charlene Artiga in the No51 Magistrate Court where he pleaded guilty to the charge of possession of narcotics for the purpose of trafficking.
The man who is a known drug pusher was arrested for the second time within a year in a minibus with a quantity of narcotics.
The drugs were found in his possession at a roadblock mounted by police in the vicinity of the Number 51 Police station, on the Corentyne.
The police had stopped minibus BVV 2700 which was heading further up the Corentyne, searched the vehicle, and found a black haversack which contained a plastic bag under a seat containing three wrapped parcels.
Simon was reportedly the lone passenger in the bus. The parcels when opened in his presence contained a quantity of leaves, seeds and stems suspected to be cannabis. The substance was tested and weighed in his presence and amounted to 1,680 grams (3.7lbs) of cannabis sativa.
Simon was also nabbed with a large quantity of compress marijuana in September 2015.
A female police officer was on her way to work when she boarded a No 63 minibus which was heading further up the Corentyne.
The man was observed in the bus with the black haversack on his lap. The police officer subsequently ordered the bus to drive into the Springlands Police Station compound.
The haversack contained six black scotch tape plastic bags containing 5.47kg of compressed marijuana.
He was subsequently granted bail.
He was tried in absentia and sentenced to four years in jail.
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