Miner charged over ganja in Fruta cans
A miner was on Friday remanded to prison after he was charged with being in possession of a quantity of marijuana, which police say was concealed in Fruta juice cans.
Kester Skeete, 24, of Lot 158 Buxton, East Coast Demerara, was arraigned at the Bartica Magistrate’s Court.
He was accused of having in his possession 788 grammes of cannabis.
Skeete denied the charge but was remanded to prison until August 2nd.
A police source told Sunday Stabroek that Skeete was among two persons who were arrested around 9 am on Friday after the police conducted a search of a passenger boat that docked at Bartica from Parika.
The illegal substance was found in a case that was on a seat in the boat.
One of the boat operators, who is a resident of Bartica, had identified Skeete as the owner of the illegal substance. Skeete and the boat worker were subsequently both taken into custody.
A confrontation was held and Skeete denied he was the owner of the marijuana. However, he was charged based on legal advice obtained by the police, while the boat worker was released from custody. A city businessman was robbed of $545,000 in gold jewellery and clothing after bandits attacked him at his Winter Place store yesterday.
Greg Terborg, 32, of Lot 423 West Ruimveldt, was attack and robbed around 1 pm yesterday when two bandits, one of whom was armed with a handgun, invaded his Lot 71 Winter Place clothing store, the GT Shop.
Sunday Stabroek was told that the robbers, who arrived on foot, walked into the store, where the gunman pointed his weapon at Terborg and ordered that he lay on the ground, while his accomplice relieved the businessman of a gold chain he was wearing and some cash he had in his pocket.
One of the bandits then dealt Terborg a kick to his mouth. They also took possession of a quantity of clothing from the store before escaping in a southern direction.