Vendor granted GY$200,000 bail over 195.5 g of ganja in Georgetown
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.
🇬🇾 Water Street, Stabroek Market, Georgetown · Guyana
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Arrested
1
Charged
1
Cannabis
195.5 g
Agencies
Georgetown Magistrates' Court, Guyana Police Force
Jermaine Saran, a 23-year-old vendor, was granted GY$200,000 bail at the
Georgetown Magistrates’ Court on a possession of narcotics charge.[1]He was
arrested on 22 March 2025 at Water Street, Georgetown, for possessing 195.5
grams of marijuana for the purpose of trafficking.[1]Saran pleaded not guilty
after Acting Chief Magistrate Faith McGusty read the charge to him.[1]
His lawyer, Dominic Bess, told the court that Saran was at his stall at Stabroek
Market, market and shopping area in central Georgetown, when police searched a
stall about 20 yards away and found the marijuana.[1]Bess said his client had
been held on suspicion of having 140 grams but was now charged over 195.5 grams,
and that there was no confirmation the material found was marijuana.[1]The
prosecution said Saran had been under observation for selling an unknown
substance to numerous people from a push cart, and that a search of the cart in
his stall found leaves, seeds and stems suspected to be marijuana.[1]
Magistrate McGusty granted him bail and set his return to court for 23 April
2025.[1]Kaieteur News, the Georgetown daily that carried the account on 27
March, was credited as the source of the Surinamese republication.[2]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
Arrested
1
Charged
1
Cannabis
195.5 g
Value (official estimate)
GYD 200,000
Agencies
Georgetown Magistrates' Court; Guyana Police Force
Agency type
Court, Police, Prosecutor
Cannabis
Herbal cannabis (195.5 g)
Activity
Possession, Sale
Setting
Street or public place
Charge
possession of marijuana for the purpose of trafficking
No record of the 23 April 2025 hearing or any later outcome of the case was published in the accounts opened.
The defence says 140 grams were suspected at first while the charge concerns 195.5 grams; the report uses the charged amount.
The source describes the material only as suspected marijuana, with no laboratory confirmation reported.
The lawyer says the search took place at a stall about 20 yards from his client's, while the prosecution says the push cart was in Saran's stall; both accounts are given.
Coordinates mark central Georgetown near Stabroek Market, not the exact stall searched.
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