‘Weed’ at funeral service

Court prosecutor Sgt Anthony Baptiste read that on Wednesday last, Cpl Ramlochan and other police officers were on mobile patrol along the Southern Main Road in the vicinity of Mosquito Creek (Shore of Peace Cremation Site) where he saw Lennon sitting on the tray of a van. The court heard that Lennon began fidgeting and suspicious officers searched him. The officers found the illegal narcotics in the rear of his pants pockets. Cpl Ramlochan, of the South Oropouche Police Station, subsequently charged him for the offence. In his defence yesterday, Lennon who was unrepresented by counsel, told the magistrate that he became hot-headed while at the funeral service. “Due to the funeral, my head was hot. I had the weed and I complied with the officer.” The magistrate reprimanded Lennon and discharged him of the offence.