$5,000 fine for youth found with Marijuana

 

[www.inewsguyana.com] – Nineteen – year – old Mark Mohammed of Diamond Housing Scheme, East Bank Demerara was today fined $5,000 after pleading guilty to the possession of one gramme of marijuana.

He was also ordered to perform three months of  community service at Diamond Police Station, every Friday commencing on August 22 for no less than two hours.

The unrepresented young man told the Court that he is employed with his father and has no prior convictions.