Lethem man remanded over ganja in calabash

Vishnu Singh

A twenty-year-old man was remanded to prison after he was accused of having in his possession a quantity of cannabis which was found in a calabash under a mattress.

Vishnu Singh, a resident of Lethem, pleaded not guilty to the charge which stated that he had in his possession 29 grammes of cannabis for the purpose of trafficking, when he appeared at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court 1 before Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry.

His attorney Jerome Khan made an application for bail to be granted, arguing that someone else was also in