Youth on ganja charge to undergo counselling

Cleon Yhap

A young construction worker has been ordered to undergo counselling after admitting to possession of ganja, which he claims he uses for medicinal purposes.

Cleon Yhap, 21, appeared at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts, where he admitted to a charge that was read to him by Principal Magistrate Sherdel Isaacs-Marcus.

The charge states that on August 3rd, at Leopold Street, Georgetown, he had 22 grammes of cannabis in his possession for the purpose of trafficking.