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Prison Officer Joins Prisoners
A prison officer was yesterday remanded to prison when he appeared before a city magistrate to answer to a possession of narcotics charge.
Prison Officer: Cleon Webster
Twenty-year-old Cleon Webster, from Golden Grove, West Coast Berbice, appeared in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts before Principal Magistrate Faith McGusty for a narcotics charge.
The charge stated that on June 14, 2019, at Camp Street Prison, Georgetown, he had in his possession 120 grams of cannabis for the purpose of trafficking.
Webster pleaded not guilty to the charge that was read to him.
Police prosecutor, Seon Blackman, objected to bail being granted to the defendant based on three grounds; the nature of the offence, the prevalence, and the punishment the offence attracts. He also objected based on the fact that the narcotics were found in the bag of the defendant.
Prosecutor Blackman then acknowledged the facts of the charge which read, upon entering the prison compound everyone is subjected to a search, during the search that was being conducted on Webster the said narcotics were discovered in his bag and it was taped up.
The officer who conducted the search then burst open the tape and showed the defendant the narcotics, which he then replied that it belong to his sister. Webster was then arrested and charge.
Principal Magistrate McGusty remanded the defendant to prison until July 10, 2019 when he is expected to make his next court appearance.
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