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Pepper Street female drug dealer jailed
A Pepper Street woman who was part of a drug running gang has been nabbed and jailed. The woman, Valencia Carmichael, 37 of Pepper Street, Heathburn, East Bank Berbice, appeared on Thursday before Magistrate Peter Hugh in the New Amsterdam Magistrate’s Court.
She was charged with Possession of Narcotics for the purpose of trafficking. She appeared in court and pleaded guilty.
Carmichael was sentenced to three years in jail and fined $424,000.
According to Prosecutor, Chief Inspector Bernard Brown, the police acting on information early on Thursday morning conducted a search of the woman’s premises. During the search, in her presence, the cops found a quantity of leaves, seeds and stem of what was suspected to be the marijuana plant in a barrel in her bedroom.
The items were retrieved and the woman was told of the offence, arrested and taken into custody. The items were tested and weighed and found to be 848 grams of cannabis sativa.
She was charged and appeared in court and pleaded guilty to the charge.
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