Customs broker freed of ganja in pumpkins charge

Malcolm Sonaram, the customs broker charged with trying to smuggle marijuana out of the country in pumpkins, was yesterday freed after the charge against him was dismissed.

Magistrate Judy Latchman, who presided over the trial at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court, dismissed the charge of possession of narcotics for the purpose of trafficking against Sonaram, after upholding a no-case submission made by his lawyer Sanjeev Datadin.

Sonaram, 38, of Lot 188 Garnett Street, Albouystown, was charged after officials discovered 19.93 kilogrammes