Two men were on Wednes-day placed before the Lethem Magistrate’s Court on narcotics charges with one being sentenced to three years imprisonment and the other fined.
The police stated that the two men, 21-year-old Shem Winter of Tabatinga, Central Rupununi, and Lester George, 29 of Achi-wiub Village, South Rupu-nuni, were both arrested last Saturday. The charge against Winter alleged that he on November 27 was in possession of 16 grammes of cannabis for the purpose of trafficking while the charge against George alleged that he was in possession of 5 grammes of cannabis. The charges were read to them by Magistrate Allan Wilson at the Lethem Magistrate’s Court.
According to reports, on the date in question, police on patrol duties, acting on information intercepted a motorcar PRR 4548, with three occupants, the driver and the two named men, proceeding along the Tabatinga access road.
