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33 year Linsford Logan, a resident of Taylor's Alley, is spending the first night of a 3-year sentence after he was convicted of Drug Trafficking in the Courtroom of Senior Magistrate Sharon Frazer today. ,p> According to police, On Friday, November 9, at 9:25p.m., several BDF officers were on mobile patrol on Orange Street, Belize City. They stopped and searched Logan, who was with a group of young men in the Taylor's Alley area. They discovered that he had 2.3 grams of crack, Cocaine packaged off in 3 small parcels, in his possession. As a result, he was escorted to the Queen Street Police Station where he was charged with Drug Trafficking. ,p> Logan pleaded guilty to the charge when he was arraigned today, and it was discovered that he had 3 prior convictions for drug-related offenses. ,p> As a result, Senior Magistrate Frazer was forced to sentence him to spend 3 years in prison. Additionally, he must pay $10,000 by December 31, 2012, or he will spend an additional 3 years in prison.