Teen nabbed with ganja in crotch – court told

A teenager, allegedly caught with a quantity of cannabis in the crotch of his pants, was remanded to prison yesterday by a city magistrate on a charge of possession of narcotics for the purpose of trafficking.

The charge read by Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry stated that Andre Christian, 18, on April 3, at Stabroek Market, allegedly had 33 grammes of cannabis in his possession.

It is the prosecution’s case that Christian, on the day in question, was observed acting in a