ST JAMES, Jamaica - Charles ‘Ras Negus’ Largie, the high-profile Montego Bay-based Rastafarian who was arrested by the St James police after he was found with two pounds of ganja which he claimed was for sacramental purposes, was fined when he appeared in the St James Parish Court on Thursday. Largie led the court through a trial in which his lawyer, Chumu Paris, contended that his possession of ganja during.
Two prominent Rastafarian organisations are demanding that the Government recognise their exemption under the Dangerous Drugs Act and fully protect their rights to the sacramental use of ganja. Shocked by the conviction of Charles 'Ras Negus.