Labourer tells court he unknowingly cultivated ganja

Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry on Monday granted $100,000 bail to a labourer who said that he watered plants in his yard unknown to him to be cannabis.

The June 4 charge levelled against Cannon Small is that he cultivated cannabis; a prohibited plant. He pleaded not guilty to the charge when it was read to him in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court.

Small, of 462 Punt Trench Dam, Independence Boulevard, said, “I used to be