A Jamaican man will be spending the next 12 months in HMP Dodds after he was unable to pay an $8 000 fine for trafficking cannabis into Barbados.
Thirty-five-year-old Lionel Dujon Clarke appeared before Magistrate Laurie-Ann Smith-Bovell in the District ‘B’ Magistrates’ Court today and pleaded guilty to four drug related charges.
Police say Clarke arrived on the island by air from Kingston, Jamaica and having cleared Immigration, he was interviewed by members of the Drug Squad.
He was subsequently referred to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, where he passed out a total of 102 packages wrapped in transparent plastic and containing cannabis.
When he was discharged from the hospital, the visitor was charged with unlawful possession of cannabis, unlawful possession with intent to supply, trafficking and importation.
Clarke was fined $8 000 forthwith for the offence of trafficking and convicted, reprimanded and discharged for the other offences.
The drugs weighed one kilogramme and had an estimated street value of $8 000. (PR/NB)
