Four Brazilian nationals, including a man identified as a pastor and a 14-year-old, were yesterday charged with possession of cannabis for trafficking after police stated that they were intercepted with over 3 kilogrammes of the substance at Lethem last weekend.
Maby Joni Pinental De Sousa, 52, said to be a pastor, Marcio Leandro Magalhaes, 28, and Jessica Messias Pereira, 21, pleaded not guilty to the charge that was read to them by Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court 1. The teen was charged separately and the proceedings were held in-camera.
According to the allegations presented to the court by Prosecutor Bharat Mangru, while conducting a routine search at
