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Jamaica: Dominican fined for marijuana

Vaughn Davis

Jamaican Observer

Wednesday 01 Mar 2006

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A Dominican woman was on Monday ordered to pay $1,200 in the Half Way
Tree Resident Magistrate's Court after pleading guilty to drug-related
charges.

Antonia Raffoul of Raffoul Estate, Dominica, was fined $200 for
possession of marijuana and $1, 000 for taking steps to export marijuana
by presiding magistrate, Martin Gayle.

According to court documents, at approximately 12:30pm on Friday, an
officer was conducting a canine narcotics check at an Air Jamaica
luggage chute for a flight destined for Barbados at the Norman Manley
International Airport. During the checks, the dog alerted the officer to
a blue suitcase marked "Gamma", with name tags belonging to Raffoul.
Raffoul was summoned to the luggage chute, and shortly after her arrival
she identified the suitcase as hers. The suitcase was opened and
searched in her presence, and was found to contain approximately one
ounce of ganja. Raffoul was subsequently taken to the Norman Manley
Police Station, where she was arrested and charged.

Raffoul is the third Caribbean national to be caught attempting to
transport marijuana to Barbados in less than a week. Last Tuesday a
Guyanese and Barbadian national were both given substantive fines and
sentenced to 18 months in prison after pleading guilty to drug-related
charges in the Half Way Tree Resident Magistrate's Court.

Clarence Watson, a thirty-four-year old barber of Seaview, St James,
Barbados, and Christopher Craig, who identified himself to the police as
a Guyanese national, both pleaded guilty to charges of possession of
marijuana, dealing in marijuana and taking steps to export marijuana.
Craig was fined $6,400 for possession of marijuana, $12,800 for dealing
in marijuana and $32,000 for taking steps to export marijuana. Watson,
however, was fined $12,000 for the possession, $24,000 for dealing in
ganja and $60,000 for taking steps to export the ganja.

 

 

 

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