18 year-old Jaslyn Cadle, a resident of Supal Street is staring down a 3-year sentence after she was convicted of drug trafficking in Magistrate's Court.
According the Gang Supression Unit, at around 6:25 p.m. on Saturday, they were on mobile patrol on Newtown Barracks, when they saw Cadle standing in front of the gate that the MCC Grounds with a knapsack.
The officers decided to conduct a search on her, and they discovered 159 grams or 5.6 ounces of cannabis in the knapsack, and $195 in cash in her pocket.
As a result, the officers charged her with drug trafficking, and she was arraigned today before Chief Magistrate Anne Marie Smith.
She pleaded guilty to the charge, and she was sentenced to pay the mandatory fine of $10,000. She was ordered to pay $2,000 of that fine forthwith, or she would have to spend 2 years in prison. She must pay the entire fine by December 31, 2013, or she will spend 3 years in prison for it.
She did not pay the fine so she went directly to jail to start serving her two year sentence.
And tonight, another woman is facing a drug trafficking charge after she was busted with almost 2 kilos of weed this morning.
According to the GSU, at around 9:15 a.m., they were on McKay Boulevard and they conducted a search on 31 year-old Tanise Smith, a unemployed of Taylor's alley.
Inside a sling bag, the officers discovered 1.97 kilos - or 4.4 pounds - of marijuana which was packaged off in 5 parcels.
As a result, Police arrested and charged her with drug trafficking, and it is expected that Smith will be arraigned in Magistrate's Court at the earliest convenience.
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