Thursday, March 28, 2024

Vincentian fined for drug offences

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A VINCENTIAN NATIONAL was fined a total of $10 000 today after he pleaded guilty to four drug charges in the District B Magistrate’s Court.
Thirty-one-year-old Augustine Holdin Bruce was fined $5 000 forthwith or one year in prison for possession of a controlled substance, cannabis.
He was also fined $5 000 or one year in prison to run concurrently for the offence of trafficking.
Bruce was convicted, reprimanded and discharged for possession with intent to supply and reprimanded and discharged for importation. (PR/NB)
 

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