NA man sentenced to five years for 1.7 kg of cannabis

A New Amsterdam man, on Thursday, was fined $347,000 and sentenced to five years imprisonment for possession of 1735 grammes of cannabis for the purpose of trafficking.

Dwayne David, 23, his brother, Dellon David, 24, his mother, Gloria David, 53, and her boyfriend, Mexford London, all of Timmers Dam, Angoy’s Avenue, New Amsterdam were slapped with a possession of narcotics for the purpose of trafficking charge on Thursday, when they appeared at the Albion Magistrate’s Court.

Magistrate Marisa Mittelholzer read a charge to the foursome stating that on Tuesday, June 13, at Timmers Dam, Angoy’s Avenue, they