Boat operator remanded on ammo and ganja charges

A 26-year-old boat operator was yesterday refused bail by Magistrate Hazel Octive-Hamilton after he appeared at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court on separate charges of possession of ammunition and narcotics.

The allegation against Laurel Thomas is that on April 5, at Millie’s Hideout Backdam on the Soesdyke-Linden Highway, he had in his possession 28 .32 live ammunition rounds along with five matching spent shells. Also on the same day, at the same