Petrotrin supervisor held with ‘ganja’

A SUPERVISOR at State-owned Petrotrin will appear before a Princes Town magistrate tomorrow charged with possession of marijuana, after he was arrested by Tableland police on Friday when the officers searched his car and found a quantity of the illegal narcotic.

The arrest of the 36-year-old man of Lengua Road, Princes Town, came during a road-block exercise in the Tableland/Princes Town areas which is part of a new-anti crime initiative. The exercise was led by Sgt Simboonath Rajkumar and included Cpl Jagroop, PC Kishore Ramsingh, PCs Maharaj and Nandlal. The exercise was carried out between 8 am on Friday and 6 pm. During that time, seven tickets were issued to errant drivers for several violations to the Traffic Laws. These tickets totalled $1,500 in fines. While on the roadblock, PC Singh stopped the Petrotrin supervisor’s car and during a routine search allegedly found the marijuana hidden under one of the seats.  The man was arrested and charged by PC Singh for the offence.