12 previous convictions for drugs... man jailed for nine months

He pleaded guilty to the charges laid by PC Dario Ramlal of the Marabella Police Station.

Prosecutor Sgt Veano Ragoo told the court police stopped a vehicle on Sunday at Mt Moriah Road, San Fernando. They saw Indarsingh, who was a passenger, take a bag out of his pocket and hide it in his right front pocket.

The bag contained cocaine and a device used to smoke it.

Charles was told Indarsingh was released from prison in September 2016 after serving time for drug possession. Indarsingh told the magistrate he tried seeking help through several rehabilitation programmes for his addiction, but nothing seems to be helping him.

“Yes I does take my smoke now and then, but I behaving myself these days,” he said.

Indarsingh said he did not have a house to live in and was sleeping in an abandoned shed near a cemetery in San Fernando.

Charles told him he needed to think about his life and the direction he was heading.

On the charge of possession of cocaine, he was jailed for nine months. On the charge of possession of a device, he was sentenced to six months in jail. The sentences are to run concurrently.