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Watchman jailed for trafficking cocaine

Mar 12, 2015 Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News

A 23-year-old watchman was yesterday sentenced to three years’ imprisonment by Magistrate Judy Latchman after he pleaded guilty to a narcotic charge.
T.J Prince had 0.8 grams of cocaine in his possession for the purpose of trafficking on March 9, at North Road.
Police prosecutor Shellon Daniels stated that on the day in question, at around 22:35hrs, the police received information. As a result of the information they received, the police proceeded to North Road between Orange Walk and Cummings Street.
They saw the defendant sitting ‘on a building’ in the company of others with a black plastic container. Prince then threw the container on the ground after he was approached by the police.
Daniels added that the container was retrieved by the police and upon looking, a suspected narcotic was found. The defendant was told of the offence, arrested and taken to the Alberttown Police Station where the narcotic was weighed in his presence and amounted to quantity mentioned in the charge. She said that it was later placed in a white envelope, sealed and marked.
When asked by the magistrate if he had anything to say before sentencing Prince replied, “No”.
Prince, however, told the court that he was never found guilty before for any offence.
The magistrate imposed the minimum sentencing on him and ordered that he pay a fine of $10,000.

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