Uitvlugt miner to serve 18 months in prison over ganja

The cannabis found in the pickup

A miner was yesterday sentenced to 18 months imprisonment after pleading guilty to possessing 128 grammes of cannabis.

Jermaine Jacobs, 21, of Uitvlugt, West Coast Demerara, appeared before Magistrate Crystal Lambert at the Vreed-en-Hoop Magistrate’s Court, on a possession of narcotics charge.

Jacobs pleaded guilty to the charge that read, on September 2, 2020, at 70 Km Check Point, he had in his possession 128 grammes of cannabis, consisting of leaves, seeds and stems, for the purpose of trafficking.