Fine, community service for Essequibo carpenter over ganja possession

A carpenter was yesterday fined $20,000 and ordered to perform four weeks community service after being found with one gramme of cannabis.

If he fails to pay the fine or do the community service, Doodnauth Danraj, 30, will be imprisoned for six months, city magistrate Ann McLennan ruled.

Danraj accepted that on August 4, at Leguan Island, Essequibo, he had