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Jamaican sentenced in Trinidad after attempting to smuggle ganja in his wheelchair - News

Submitted by Marijuana News on Tue, 07/08/2014 - 15:52

Jamaican sentenced in Trinidad after attempting to smuggle ganja in his wheelchair

Tuesday, July 08, 2014 | 8:42 AM    

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TRINIDAD (Trinidad Express) -- A 36-year-old paraplegic man, who was arrested at Piarco International Airport more than two years ago after trying to conceal a large quantity of marijuana in his wheelchair, has been sentenced to four years’ hard labour.

Aaron Lewin, who was said to be a road-side vendor from the parish of Clarendon in Jamaica, was sentenced on Friday by Senior Magistrate Rae Roopchand in the Arima Magistrates First Court.

Lewin pleaded guilty to the charge of attempting to traffic 10.94 kilograms of marijuana on December 23,...

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