A 17-year-old youth, who has been before the court four times since 2008 for ganja related charges, was remanded in the Yallahs Resident Magistrate's Court on his fifth appearance, Thursday.

Dwayne Sterling of Aeolous Valley, St Thomas, was brought before the court on a ganja possession charge. The court was told that Sterling was seen walking along the Norris main road in the parish on Tuesday, June 24, when his action arouse the suspicion of the police who was on routine patrol. He was stopped and a knapsack he was carrying was searched and a quantity of ganja was taken from him.

In court, Sterling told RM Carol DaCosta that he was given the bag and its content and asked to deliver it to someone who would give him something in return. In his statement, Corporal Lancelot Armsby, the arresting officer told the court that Sterling had faced the court on four separate occasions since January 2008. And on each time, the statement read, he managed to receive a slap on the wrist.