A 51-year-old woman from New York has been fined $13,000 after pleading guilty to four cannabis-related offences in Barbados.
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Tykeesha Genen Scott-Dickens, of Rosedale, New York, was arrested by the Barbados Police Service and charged with importation, possession and trafficking of cannabis, as well as intent to supply.
The offences occurred on October 13, with 3.3 kilogrammes of suspected cannabis seized. The drugs had an estimated street value of $52,800.
Scott-Dickens appeared before Magistrate Keitha Ellis in the District ‘B’ Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday, October 14, where she pleaded guilty to all four offences.
She was fined $13,000, payable forthwith, or nine months at Dodds Prison.