Nazma Muller still in jail

Marijuana activist Nazma Muller speaks during a symposium on the legalisation of marijuana recently. - SUREASH CHOLAI
Marijuana activist Nazma Muller speaks during a symposium on the legalisation of marijuana recently. - SUREASH CHOLAI

MARIJUANA ACTIVIST Nazma Muller remains in the women’s remand prison in Golden Grove, as she was granted bail of $300,000, or $15,000 cash bail by an Arima magistrate.

She was arrested on Wednesday for being in possession of more than 400 grammes of marijuana.

On Wednesday police on an exercise in the Northern Division when they got information which led them to Muller’s home at Second Street East, Trincity.

They allegedly found marijuana plants, nurseries, and 435 grammes of dried and cured marijuana .

On December 2019, amendments to the Dangerous Drugs Act made it legal for people to have no more than 30 grammes of marijuana, but anyone caught with more than 100 grammes can be charged with trafficking and could be fined up to $3 million if convicted.

Last year Muller appeared before a Port of Spain magistrate after being charged with using obscene language in a public space to the annoyance to others, while advocating for the legalisation of the herb.

Muller has called for the issuance of licences for cultivation, import, export and sale of marijuana.

Comments

"Nazma Muller still in jail"

More in this section