A CANADIAN MAN who visited Barbados as a cruise passenger will begin serving a two-year prison sentence at Dodds after he was unable to pay $100 000 in fines.
Thirty-nine-year-old Clifford Uba Ejimamu, 39 years, appeared at the District “A” Magistrates’ Court today and pleaded guilty to all of the cocaine charges against him.
On the charge of trafficking he was fined $75 000 forthwith or two years in prison while he was fined $25 000 forthwith or two years in prison on the charge of importation. The sentences will run concurrently.
Ejimamu was convicted, reprimanded and discharged on the charges of possession and possession with intent to supply cocaine.
He was arrested and charged after Drug Squad personnel conducted a search of a cabin he occupied on the Oceana. Cocaine weighing 1.5 kilogrammes was reportedly discovered and seized. (PR/NB)
