Canadian fined $80 000 after admitting to importing weed in desperation
Making it clear that resorting to illegal means was not the answer, Magistrate Deidre Mckenna ordered a Canadian man to pay $80 000 or face 36 months at Dodds for importing marijuana into Barbados.However, David William Deane from #70 Westwood Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, Canada was unable to pay the forthwith fine on Tuesday and was sent to the St Philip jail.The 59-year-old was convicted, reprimanded and discharged for the offence of trafficking the drug, while he was reprimanded and discharged for the offences of possession and possession with intent to supply.Station Sergeant Peter Barrow tol...
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