Rondre Robinson of Swetes and Okive Banton, a Jamaican resident of Golden Grove Extension, were fined for drug-related offenses in the magistrate’s court on Wednesday, presided over by Senior Magistrate Ngaio Emanuel.
Robinson was fined $30,000 for possessing 145.5 grams of cannabis, with 18 months to pay or face two years in jail. His January 8, 2025, arrest marked his third drug-related offense.
Banton was fined $40,000 for possessing 1.25 pounds of cannabis with intent to sell, with two years to pay or serve a two-year prison term. His cash (EC $2,160.00 and US $20.00) was confiscated, and the seized cannabis will be destroyed.
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The law is the law and I will stand by the law, but sometimes the weed situation here is like a money making venture on both sides