Senior citizen charged for ganja

The St Catherine South police have charged 71-year-old Austin McCalla, otherwise called 'Bigga Man', a farmer of Bellas Gate, Old Harbour, with possession of ganja and dealing in ganja following an incident on Queens Avenue, Gregory Park, on August 23.

Reports from the Portmore police are that at 2:30 p.m., McCalla was observed by a police team that was on patrol. He was at a stall making a purchase, with a black bag in his right hand. On seeing the police, McCalla threw the bag to the ground. The lawmen approached McCalla; he was accosted and searched, and the bag was retrieved. The bag was searched, and a large quantity of vegetable matter resembling ganja was found in the bag.

McCalla was brought to the station along with the bag he had in his possession. The contents of the bag weighed more than three pounds. McCalla was subsequently charged. His court date is being finalised.