Attorney’s son held with ‘ganja’

THE son of a prominent attorney was one of two persons arrested and charged with trafficking in marijuana by Sangre Grande police yesterday. Police were carrying out roadblocks along the Eastern Main Road in Turure and Guaico between 7 am and 10.30 am, when they had to give chase after a car which drove past the roadblock despite orders to stop.

After officers intercepted the car, the occupants including the male driver, 23,  a 21-year-old man and a four-year-old child were taken out of the car which was searched and in which a quantity of marijuana was found and seized. Both men were arrested while the child was handed over to WPC Debra Charles who was given the responsibility of locating the child’s mother. The men were taken to Sangre Grande Police Station where they were charged by PC Keshal Mootilal and are expected before a Sangre Grande Magistrate today.