Parika men charged over 49 g and 53 g of cannabis; one jailed three months
Two Parika labourers were charged at the Leonora Magistrate Court over separate cannabis finds of 49 grammes and 53 grammes by the Leonora Police Station in August 2023. One pleaded not guilty and was bailed at $150,000; the other pleaded guilty and was fined $30,000 and jailed three months.
Two men from Parika, East Bank Essequibo, were charged on Tuesday with
possession of cannabis in separate cases.[1]Kwame Silas, a 46-year-old
labourer, was arrested on Saturday by officers of the Leonora Police Station
with 49 grammes of cannabis.[1]He appeared before Magistrate Zamilla
Ali-Seepaul at the Leonora Magistrate Court, pleaded not guilty and was placed
on $150,000bail.[1]His matter was postponed to October 23.[1]
Andy Sam, a 21-year-old labourer of Parika Old Road, was arrested on Friday by
the same police station with 53 grammes of marijuana.[1]He appeared before
the same magistrate, pleaded guilty and was fined $30,000 and sentenced to three
months in prison.[1]
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Collage of the two Parika men charged over cannabis possession. Photo: Guyana Police ForcePhoto details
Only one account was available, a short News Room Guyana crime item; no second outlet or police statement could be opened.
The two finds are separate incidents handled the same week and reported together; the case against Kwame Silas had not concluded when the article was published.
No laboratory confirmation of the 49 and 53 grammes is reported.
Timothy Mc Garrell, 24, pleaded guilty at the Vigilance Magistrate's Court on 18 February 2026 to introducing cannabis into the Lusignan Prison hidden under his slipper soles. Senior Magistrate Sunil Scarce sentenced him to three years in prison and fined him $30,000.
Nishart Samsundar, 20, was jailed for four years and fined G$1,778,400 on 31 January 2024 after pleading guilty to trafficking and cultivation following a CANU raid on a cannabis farm at Hauraruni Village.
Arrested 2Plants destroyed 5,200Cannabis 1.976 kgPrison 4 years
Latchman Sankar, 39, was sentenced to four years in prison and fined G$49.6 million on 18 January 2024 after admitting possession of more than 55 kg of cannabis. CANU officers had arrested him with Sanya Ramrattan three days earlier at Hubu Parika, seizing 102 parcels valued at about G$20 million.
Guyana police arrested three Venezuelans at Arakaka on 20 October 2023 after finding three pistols, ammunition, 64.7 grams of marijuana and cocaine in a house search. One man pleaded guilty and was jailed for three years for marijuana trafficking plus further terms for cocaine and weapons, while the other two denied the charges.
