Trio remanded over trafficking in cannabis

A shop vendor, a broom vendor, and a carpenter who were jointly accused of trafficking in cannabis were yesterday remanded to prison when they appeared before Magistrate Hazel Octive-Hamilton at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court.

The allegation against Orin Chase, Herbert Albert and Jamal Alleyne is that on June 22 at Georgetown they had in their possession 144 grammes of cannabis for the purpose of trafficking.

The jointly charged trio denied the