50 year-old Primrose Hendricks tried to smuggle a small quantity of marijuana into the Belize Central Prison. She was caught in the act, and so tonight, she has to start thinking about how she will come up with 10 thousand dollars to pay her court fine.
The incident happened on December 22, 2013, and according to police, she went to the prison to take food for her son who was serving a 3 year sentence. The prison officer on duty searched her and the food, and found that she was trying to smuggle 63 grams, or 2.2 ounces of marijuana under the food in one of the foam plates she was carrying.
She was charged with drug trafficking, an offence which she pleaded guilty to in Magistrate's Court today. Senior Magistrate Sharon Frazer was forced to sentence her to pay a fine of 10 thousand dollars. She has until June 30 to pay, or she will spend 3 years in jail in default.
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