Man fined $1,000 for watering ganja plant

WHEN Garvin Andrews was seen watering plants on the porch of his Marabella home at around 8:15 pm on Friday, police officers on patrol did not know he was actually tending to a marijuana plant until his suspicious behaviour caught their attention.

Officers dressed in plain clothes approached the 22-year-old. Upon investigation, the officers realised Andrews was watering a marijuana plant in a flowerpot, and arrested the unemployed man. He was charged for possession of marijuana and taken to the Marabella Police Station. When he appeared yesterday before San Fernando Magistrate Gloria Jasmath, Andrews pleaded guilty and was fined $1,000, or three months in jail with hard labour in default of payment.