Yesterday morning at 11, the GSU searched an open lot in Belama Phase 4, where they found Smith and 2 other men. Nothing was found, but the officers got information that a drug transaction was taking place, so they questioned Smith about it. The GSU says that he led them to another abandoned lot nearby, where he claimed that he had drugs hidden.

The officers found 2 separate stashes of compressed marijuana to a total of 13.1 kilos - or 28.9 pounds - of marijuana along with a scale. He was arrested and charged with 2 counts of drug trafficking, and he was arraigned today before Magistrate Clive Lino. He pleaded not guilty and was granted bail of $6,000, which he met this evening. He returns to court on December 2, 2013. His female companion Sandra Thompson says the GSU told her to produce a firearm and they would ease off on Richard smith. She says she bought a gun and put it under a car near the police station as she was told to, yet the GSU didn't live up to their side of the deal.

But, in its report, the GSU does note that, they went to an area on New Road, near to the Queen Street Police Station where under a vehicle, they found a 40mm pistol with a magazine containing 2 live rounds of ammunition. No one was in the area, so it was deposited as found property.

The GSU side of the story is that when Sandra THOMPSON realized that her husband would be charged for Possession with intent to supply a controlled drugs she volunteered information to provide a firearm in lieu of her husband not being charged.