Tourist found with ganja fined, ordered to do community service

Denzel Williams

A visitor holidaying in Guyana from the US Virgin Islands yesterday incurred a $20,000 fine and found himself receiving orders to perform community service after his arraignment for possession of narcotics in a Georgetown court.

Denzel Williams, 48, of St Thomas, USVI, pleaded guilty to a charge of possession of cannabis, after it was read to him by Magistrate Ann Mc Lennan at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court.

Williams was charged with having 4 grammes of cannabis in his possession on