29 year-old Clarence Grant is spending his second night in prison and staring down the barrel of a possible 6-year sentence after he was convicted of drug trafficking in Magistrate's Court yesterday.
On April 2, 2011, he was caught with 138 grams - about 5 ounces - of cannabis on Pigeon Street in Ladyville.
The arresting officer saw Grant throw a plastic bag on the ground.
The officer retrieved the bag, and found the weed inside. Since it is more than 60 grammes, Grant was charged with drug trafficking.
Grant told the court that he did indeed have the weed on him, but he didn't plan on selling it. He said that he was going to the Cayes on Easter vacation, which is when he was going to use it.
Because he wasted the court's time with a full trial, and because he has 4 convictions for drug possession and 2 other drug trafficking cases pending, Chief Magistrate Anne Marie Smith sentenced him to pay a fine of $10,000.
He was ordered to pay $6,000 of that fine forthwith, which he could not do, so he will serve 3 years in prison for it. He has to pay the entire fine by February 28, 2013, or he will spend an additional 3 years in prison if he defaults.
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