Magistrate Hazel Octive-Hamilton on Tuesday sentenced an Eccles man to four years imprisonment after he pleaded guilty to cultivating a prohibited plant and having in his possession narcotics for the purposes of trafficking.
Gary William pleaded guilty to the charges when he appeared at court.
According to the facts of the case during a joint services operation at the Eccles back dam on Sunday, the ¼ acre field of marijuana was discovered. In a press release the police said about 120 marijuana plants between one and five feet in height had been cultivated in the field. Further, upon searching a camp that belonged to William, 500 grams of dried marijuana was found.
The court ordered that William serve the four-year sentence concurrently and that he pay a fine of $480,000 on the possession charge and $30,000 on the other.
Both the field and the camp were destroyed.
4 years for ganja.. I hope dem child molesters and rapist receive more cause a dem who deserve dem kinda time da. But they can’t find dem. But they find de so_call ganja field. Ganja is de healing of de nation, people should not go to jail for ganja. Pay a fine may be. Jail no.
four years for growing a little spliff, your’e joking !! with all the choke and rob- with all the killing and maiming- with all the sundry mayhem that plagues everyday life, the security forces would better serve the guyanese people by addressing the more serious issues. wake up and get real!!!
– jwmacaw
4 yrs is good enough, maybe we are actually moving foward in some ways.
Amen to that June. Crime is crime and all they serve is to set the counrty back. I don’t think 4 years is too much. The $480,000 fine maybe excessive given he is serving 4 years.