Rupununi man remanded on ganja charge

Clement James

A Rupununi man was arraigned on a charge of possession of marijuana for the purpose of trafficking when he appeared before a city magistrate on Monday.

Clement James, 20, of Karasabai village, denied that he had 42 grammes of cannabis on May 11 at Tabatinga, when the   charge was read to him by Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts.

It is the prosecution’s case that on the day in question at 02:40hrs James was seen by police on