Prisoner caught with marijuana

A REMAND prisoner caught with marijuana in the cell blocks of the San Fernando Magistrates Court, was jailed for six months yesterday after he pleaded guilty before a San Fernando Magistrate. Ronald John, 22, appeared before Magistrate Sonia Aleong. Police prosecutor Cpl Joey Samaroo said at around 2.50 pm on June 16, PC Thorne and other officers were on duty in the cell block of the San Fernando Magistrates’ Court. While carrying out a routine body search of the prisoners, PC Thorne saw John placed something into his pocket. The officer searched John and found an inhaler and a white plastic bag containing a gramme of marijuana, hidden inside the inhaler. Before passing sentence, Aleong asked John why he did what he did, in “a courthouse surrounded by police.”