Thu, Jul 2, 2026
Thu, Jul 2, 2026
Prison officer to spend Christmas behind bars after caught with ganja
Angelica Cameron, a Prison Officer was charged over the possession of narcotics. (Photo: Guyana Police Force)
A prison officer who was nabbed with ganja, some of which was stashed in a water bottle, while entering the New Amsterdam prison has been charged and remanded to prison with her next court date being after Christmas.
Angelica Cameron, 32, of Glasgow Housing Scheme, East Bank Berbice, was arrested on December 9, 2023.
The charges against her were laid under Section 5(1)(a)(i) of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Control Act, Chapter 10:10.
She appeared at the New Amsterdam Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday before Magistrate Peter Hugh and she pleaded not guilty.
Bail was refused and she was remanded to prison. The matter was adjourned to December 27, 2023.
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