Marijuana found on Lusignan Prison inmate, 18

At around 10.30  am on Sunday at the Lusignan Prison, East Coast Demerara, an 18-year-old inmate was found with 92 grammes of cannabis (marijuana) hidden in his underwear, the police said in a release yesterday.

The inmate, who is from Albouystown, is serving a sentence for robbery under arms.

Enquiries disclosed that on the date and time mentioned above, the teenage inmate was labouring in the prison farm, when a Prison Training Instructor (PTI) observed the said prisoner/inmate acting in a suspicious manner.