A 29-year-old man has denied possessing cannabis worth $22,500 and three items of drug equipment.

Gervel Seymour was apprehended on December 16 last year, and is alleged to have had 450.06 grams of cannabis in his possession.

This morning, magistrate Khamisi Tokunbo released the defendant on $12,000 bail and ordered him to attend Southside Police Station every Wednesday until he returns to court for mention on August 12.

Also in Magistrates’ Court today, a 57-year-old man pleaded guilty to possessing 25.29 grams of cannabis.

Police officers executed a search warrant on February 11 at the George’s Bay Lane, Sandys residence of Ricardo Davis.

Davis admitted to an officer that he had cannabis in his pocket.

“It’s for personal use. I got a good deal on it,” he added.

Mr Tokunbo ordered a social inquiry report and a Bermuda Assessment and Referral Centre report for the defendant, as well as ordering him to attend drug treatment court from August 2.

He extended Davis’s bail and adjourned sentencing until September 15.

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