{"id":114711,"date":"2020-08-06T05:58:22","date_gmt":"2020-08-06T09:58:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/?p=114711"},"modified":"2020-08-06T05:58:22","modified_gmt":"2020-08-06T09:58:22","slug":"man-caught-smuggling-weed-inside-a-shawarma-fined-1000","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/man-caught-smuggling-weed-inside-a-shawarma-fined-1000\/","title":{"rendered":"Man Caught Smuggling Weed Inside A Shawarma Fined $1000"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Zavier Harris, 23-year-old, has been ordered to pay $1,000 after he was caught smuggling cannabis inside a shawarma.<\/p>

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Additionally he caused damage to the right door mirror of the court\u2019s bus and admitted to beating an officer who was in the lawful execution of his duties.<\/p>\n

Harris appeared before Chief Magistrate Joanne Walsh, yesterday, where she ruled that he paid $500 for the damage to the bus and an additional $500 for battery on the officer.<\/p>

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On July 29, at around 7:30pm, Harris went to St John\u2019s Police Station and indicated that he had brought a shawarma for a prisoner.<\/p>

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An officer took the food and asked the defendant to accompany him to the holding cell.<\/p>\n

Upon searching the food, the officer noticed that a piece of foil containing cannabis was inside the sandwich.<\/p>

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The officer took out the foil and Harris grabbed it, pushed the officer, and ran off.<\/p>\n

While running away, he came in contact with the side mirror of the government vehicle and broke it off before escaping through the back gate.<\/p>

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Later that night, he turned himself in to the police and was charged for the aforementioned offences.<\/p>

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His lawyer, Lawrence Daniels, argued that he accidentally \u201ctouched\u201d the officer.<\/p>\n

And Harris said, in his defence, that the shawarma had been given to him to deliver and he did not know what was inside.<\/p>\n

Harris has until August 19 to pay the fine or he will spend three months in jail for each charge.<\/p>\n

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