A Rosignol, West Bank Berbice man was yesterday sentenced to four years imprisonment after he pleaded guilty to a possession of narcotics charge.
Victor Kippins, 48, a labourer of Lot 9 Hosannah Street, Rosignol, West Bank Berbice, yesterday appeared at the Fort Wellington Magistrate’s Court, before Magistrate Rabindranauth Singh, where the charge was read to him.
He is accused of having in his possession 139 grams of cannabis for the purpose of trafficking.
Kippins pled guilty to the charge and was sentenced.
Police in a statement yesterday said that Kippins was arrested on Saturday evening while a passenger in public transportation which was stopped by ranks in front of the Fort Wellington Police Station.
After a search was conducted, police discovered the cannabis in Kippins’s possession.
Meanwhile, police yesterday in a separate statement, noted that ranks acting on information on Sunday last discovered a bag containing four parcels of suspected cannabis at a location in Hosannah Street, Rosignol, West Bank Berbice.
“The substance which when weighed amounted to eighteen kilograms, is lodged pending investigation”, the statement read.
