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Community service for labourer who says ganja used to treat cold

Jul 19, 2020 News

A labourer was on Friday sentenced to one month community service after he pleaded guilty to a possession of cannabis charge.
Kecin Dos Ramos, who lives on Wakenaam Island, Essequbio River, appeared before Magistrate Esther Sam virtually.
The charge read to him indicated that on April 13, 2020 at Nelville Seawall, Wakenaam Island, he had in his possession eight grams of cannabis.
The court heard that on the day in question, police were on a COVID-19 campaign on the seawall, when they discovered a group of young men acting in a suspicious manner.
A search was conducted and a quantity of cannabis was found in a transparent plastic bag in the accused’s pocket.
When Magistrate Sam asked the accused to plead, Dos Ramos pleaded guilty without hesitation. Before sentencing was passed, the man told the court that he has a cold and that he boils and drinks the cannabis as a remedy.
The man was fined $5,000 and sentenced to one-month community service.

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