Police confiscate 32 pounds of cannabis

THREE St. George’s residents have been charged with trafficking of a controlled drug following the discovery of 32 pounds of cannabis in Woodford, St. John, during an operation by the Drug Squad Unit.

The men – Swayne Hillaire, a 22-year-old of Calivigny, St. George, 18-year-old Ariel Brathwaite and 29-year-old Elvin Pivotte, both residents of Marian – made their appearance before the St. George’s Magistrate’s Court on Friday, September 21, 2012.

All three men have been granted bail in the sum of thirty-five thousand dollars with two sureties and are due to re-appear in at the Gouyave Magistrate Court on November 6, 2012.

In another drug operation, officers attached to the Western Division uprooted 637 units of cannabis trees ranging between 2 feet to 12 feet in height at Mt. Craven, St. Patrick. Police investi-gations are continuing.

Also Daran Jones, 32-year-old farmer, of River Road, has been charged with dangerous harm in connection with a chopping incident which left 47-year-old Fabian Greenidge, also of River Road, with several chop wounds to his body and the lost of his hand and a leg.

Jones has been remanded to prison and will make his second court appearance on Friday, October 12, 2012. (LS)