Two men were fined $10,000 each after pleading guilty to charges of possession of marijuana for the purpose of trafficking.
Rasindranath Seenath and Shaheed Shafee were caught by police on Sunday during a road exercise along the Cunapo Southern Road, Canque Village, Biche.
Seenath, 44, and Shafee, 41, were found in possession of 1.2 kilogrammes of marijuana which they transported in a red and silver Mistubishi pick-up truck.
Rio Claro magistrate Rae Roopchand scolded the men, saying that the selling of drugs is not the solution to getting money and urged them to set a better example for young people.
Seenath, a mason of Teak Avenue, Baker Trace, Sangre Grande and and Shafee, a construction worker of LP #92 Coalmine, Sangre Grande, both pleaded guilty and were fined $10,000 each in default of serving two years’ hard labour in prison.
Cpl Marlon Joseph of the Inter Agency Task Force, WPC Toussaint, PC Sookwah, PC Rishi Manna, PC Raymond Mendoza and PC Colin Tom carried out the road exercise which led to the arrests.
Seenath, 44, and Shafee, 41, were found in possession of 1.2 kilogrammes of marijuana which they transported in a red and silver Mistubishi pick-up truck.
Rio Claro magistrate Rae Roopchand scolded the men, saying that the selling of drugs is not the solution to getting money and urged them to set a better example for young people.
Seenath, a mason of Teak Avenue, Baker Trace, Sangre Grande and and Shafee, a construction worker of LP #92 Coalmine, Sangre Grande, both pleaded guilty and were fined $10,000 each in default of serving two years’ hard labour in prison.
Cpl Marlon Joseph of the Inter Agency Task Force, WPC Toussaint, PC Sookwah, PC Rishi Manna, PC Raymond Mendoza and PC Colin Tom carried out the road exercise which led to the arrests.
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