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Husband And Wife On Weed Charge
posted (February 24, 2014)
37 year-old Barry Lee Wade and his common law wife, 34 year-old Elizabeth Ann Linarez are facing a drug trafficking charge after they were busted by the GSU with over 8 pounds of marijuana.

According to the Gang Suppression Unit, they searched the couple's home on Mahogany Street Extension on Saturday afternoon at around 4:30. Inside their room, the officers found 3 large plastic bags on top of a television shelf. One of the bags contained 10 parcels of marijuana; another contained 6 parcels, and the final bag several small plastic bags. When the officers weighed the drugs in their presence, it amounted to 3.9 kilos or 8.58 pounds of marijuana, so the couple was charged with drug trafficking.

They were arraigned today before the Chief Magistrate where Barry owned up and pleaded guilty. He was sentenced to pay a fine of $10,000, half of which he was ordered to pay upfront, and the balance by February 15 of next year. Up to midday he wasn't able to pay the fine, so it is expected that he will be held in custody until he can make arrangements to do so.

According to the GSU, he has a case pending in the San Ignacio Magistrate's Court, after he was allegedly busted with 12.7 kilos of marijuana on April 17, 2013.

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