‘Burning a joint’ gets vendor two-year jail term

A plantain chip vendor who said he felt like smoking a joint was on Monday sentenced to two years jail and fined $5000 after he pleaded guilty to the charge of possession, in the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.

According to the facts of the case, on February 4, at Croal Street, George Chase was found smoking cannabis.
Chase, who was unrepresented by counsel, pleaded guilty to the