Alleged ganja-in-paint smuggler said he was going to paint shop

Gavin Paul, on trial for trying to smuggle over two kilos of marijuana on a flight to Imbaimadai, said the bucket of paint containing the drug was going to be used to paint his shop, a police witness testified on Tuesday.

Paul, of Lot 24 Goedverwagting, East Coast Demerara, is accused of having possession of 2.542 kilogrammes of cannabis for the purpose of trafficking,