A Karasabai farmer was yesterday fined and sentenced to three years’ imprisonment after pleading guilty to cultivating a prohibited plant.
Kim Pablo, 32, of Karasabai Village, South Pakaraimas, appeared before Magistrate Omadatt Chandan at the Lethem Magistrate’s Court, where the charge of cultivating a prohibited plant was read to him.
Pablo pleaded guilty and was fined $30,000. He was also sentenced to three years’ imprisonment.
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