Enmore man charged over 3.75 lb of cannabis-infused gummies
A 23-year-old Enmore man was charged at the Georgetown Magistrate's Court with possessing 3.75 lbs (about 1.7 kg) of cannabis-infused gummies for the purpose of trafficking, offences alleged to have happened on Qua-mina Street on 23 May 2025. He pleaded not guilty and was granted GY$50,000 bail until 24 September.
A 23-year-old man from Enmore, East Coast Demerara, appeared at the Georgetown
Magistrate’s Court on 10 September 2025 charged with possession of
cannabis-infused gummies for the purpose of trafficking.[1]He pleaded not
guilty before Acting Chief Magistrate Faith McGusty.[1]
The charge alleged that on Thursday 23 May 2025, at Qua-mina Street, Georgetown,
he had in his possession 3.75 lbs (about 1.7 kg) of gummies infused with
cannabis for the purpose of trafficking.[1]His attorney asked the court to
release him on self-bail, arguing that he was not a flight risk.[1]The
prosecutor objected, noting that the accused had another matter before another
court and asking the court to consider the amount of narcotics involved.[1]
Magistrate McGusty granted bail of GY$50,000 and adjourned the matter to 24
September.[1]
The 10 September 2025 date is the hearing date inferred from the article's "yesterday" wording on 11 September; the underlying alleged offence is dated 23 May 2025.
The 1.7 kg figure is a conversion from 3.75 lbs; the source gives the weight of the gummies rather than of the cannabis they contain, so the quantity of cannabis itself is not stated.
No result of the 24 September adjourned hearing, and no outcome of the separate pending matter mentioned by the prosecutor, was published in the accounts opened.
Only one outlet, Stabroek News, published an opened account, and it does not give the date of arrest or name the arresting agency.
The coordinates are for the Georgetown Magistrate's Court in central Georgetown, not the Qua-mina Street address named as the offence location.
A 23-year-old vendor was granted GY$200,000 bail at the Georgetown Magistrates' Court after being charged with possessing 195.5 grams of marijuana for trafficking, following his arrest at Water Street on 22 March 2025. He pleaded not guilty; his lawyer said the drugs were found at a stall 20 yards from his and were not confirmed as marijuana.
Roger Simon, 60, Kean Cort, 36, and Lionel Mohamed, 62, appeared at the Bartica Magistrate’s Court on 19 September 2022 charged over cannabis found in separate police searches. Simon and Cort obtained $100,000 and $300,000 bail, while Mohamed was remanded to prison.
Four people, including the ex-wife of drug trafficker Barry Dataram, were charged at the Georgetown Magistrate's Court over 76.11 kg of cannabis found in a house at Romala Housing Scheme, West Coast Demerara. All pleaded not guilty, were refused bail and were remanded to 24 July 2016.
Two men were arraigned at the Georgetown Magistrates' Court in October 2013 over 8.206 kilograms of cannabis that CANU agents found in a suitcase and a car outside the La Familia Hotel, South Ruimveldt. Both were refused bail and remanded to 14 October; the hotel owner was never charged.
