Norton St grandfather sentenced to four years for 34 kg of ganja

Stanley Pile

A Norton Street grandfather was yesterday sentenced to four years imprisonment and fined $30,000 after admitting to possession of narcotics when he appeared before Magistrate Judy Latchman.

Stanley Pile, 59, of Norton Street, pleaded guilty to a charge which stated that he had in his possession 34.048 kilogrammes of marijuana for the purpose of trafficking.

Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU) Prosecutor Konyo Sandiford in presenting the facts to the court said that on Sunday, CANU officers went to Pile’s home at Camp and Norton streets, where they conducted a search.

Sandiford said that while searching the upper flat of the home, in a