Man gets three years for marijuana ‘hustle’

Joel Halley, charged in February with having 12 grammes of cannabis as a “hustle to make a living,” was on Tuesday sentenced to three years in jail for the crime.

Halley, 23, was found guilty by Magistrate Fabayo Azore at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court Five. He had denied the charge that he had the marijuana in his possession.

According to the police’s case, on February 3, at about 2pm, a party of police ranks from the