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Man tells court smoking weed is hobby, remanded for trafficking

Dec 01, 2016 News

Lois Byass of 356 East Ruimveldt Housing Scheme, Georgetown, who police say was caught in his home with a quantity of marijuana on a table, was yesterday remanded to prison on a charge of trafficking in narcotics.
The court heard that after he was cautioned, Byass told the cops, “Officer I does smoke weed. That is my hobby. I ain’t getting work, so I buy the weed to sell. It (the weed) is me own”.
The 40-year-old father of one appeared before Magistrate Judy Latchman in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts, where he pleaded not guilty to the charge.
It is alleged that on November 26, at the aforementioned address, Byass had 105 grammes of cannabis sativa (marijuana) in his possession for the purpose of trafficking.
During an application for bail, Attorney Clyde Forde told the court that his client was returning home on the day in question, when police ranks approached him and requested to conduct a search of his home. The lawyer explained that his client resides in the upper flat of a two-storey building.
According to Forde, police found the drug at the bottom flat of the building which is abandoned. He requested for Byass to be admitted to reasonable bail, based on the fact that he had no knowledge, control or custody of the prohibited substance, and that multiple persons have access to the abandoned place.
However, Police Prosecutor Shawn Gonsalves argued that police ranks visited the defendant’s home and observed him cutting something and placing it in a Ziploc bag. Gonsalves said that the defendant told police he resided at the premises, which resulted in them conducting a search, during which the marijuana was found on a table.
The prosecutor objected to bail for the defendant citing the seriousness and prevalence of the offence. Gonsalves highlighted that the reasons raised by counsel were not sufficient to be considered as special, which is outlined in the Narcotics Act for bail to be considered for the offence.
Byass will make another court appearance on December 13, before Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan.

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