Man remanded after found with 3kg of ganja

Forty-eight-year-old Rondell Melville, who was busted with 3.072 kilograms of marijuana  during an operation conducted by the Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) at Lot 20 Durban Street Lodge, Georgetown, on Thursday, has been charged and remanded to prison.

Melville appeared before Magistrate Singh at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts on Friday, where he was arraigned for the offence of possession of narcotics for the purpose of trafficking, to which he pleaded not guilty.

He was remanded to prison and will make his next court appearance on March 26, 2026.

CANU stated that on Thursday, its officers, acting on information received, conducted an operation at Lot 20 Durban Street Lodge, Georgetown, during which several parcels containing a quantity of cannabis were found.

Melville, who was at the premises at the time, was arrested and taken to CANU Headquarters, along with the narcotics, which was weighed and amounted to 3.072 kilograms.