Businessman granted bail for felonious wounding

A 54-year-old businessman of Chateau Margot, East Coast Demerara, on Tuesday, appeared in the Sparendaam Magistrate’s Court charged with felonious wounding.

Suruj Basraj, also known as ‘Vickram’ pleaded not guilty to the charge which was read to him by Magistrate Roshell Liverpool.

According to the police, he was granted $450,000 bail and the matter was adjourned until February 17.

Three months’ jail, $30,000 fine for possession of cannabis and ‘Molly’

DURANT Fredericks of Block 8, Mon Repos, East Coast Demerara will spend the next three months in jail after he pleaded guilty to two counts of possession of narcotics for the purpose of trafficking.

Fredericks, 46, was also fined $30, 000 when he appeared before Magistrate Roshell Liverpool at the Sparendaam Magistartes’ Court on Monday, the police said on its Facebook page. He was arrested on January 27 by a detective from Beterverwagting Police Station, after cannabis and ‘Molly’ were found in his possession.