Duo charged after drug bust on Mandela Ave

Twenty-eight-year-old Hakeem Douglas, of 437 Eccles, East Bank Demerara, and Anthony Adams, 28, of Kwakwani, appeared at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court yesterday before Senior Magistrate Leron Daly where they were jointly charged with possession of narcotics for the purpose of trafficking.

Both pleaded not guilty to the charge.

It is alleged that the defendants on August 23, while being together, at Mandela Avenue, Georgetown, had in their possession 54.839 grammes of cannabis for the purpose of trafficking.