Antigua: Man fined $47,000 for drugs in TEDDY BEARS
Nearly 1.5kg smuggled into country
Thursday, 24th August 2017
A Whenner Road man has been fined $47,000 for smuggling 1.3kg (2.75lbs) of cannabis into the country.
Glenroy Anthony Fletcher, 27, was discovered by members of the police K-9 unit during a routine search at Deep Water Harbour on 9 August.
A handler was alerted to a cardboard box by one of the dogs, and inside there were two brown teddy bears – each stuffed with cannabis.
The drugs were seized and taken to police headquarters, where investigations began.
[caption id="attachment_4951" align="aligncenter" width="311"] Glenroy Anthony Fletcher.[/caption]“An intelligence-led operation by narcotics police resulted in Fletcher being arrested and taken into custody,” said the Royal Police Force of Antigua and Barbuda in a statement.
“He was charged with possession of 2.75 pounds of cannabis, importation and being concerned in supplying cannabis.”
Fletcher pleaded guilty to all charges at St Johns Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday.
If he fails to pay his fines he will be imprisoned, said Magistrate Confliff Clarke, adding that sentences are to run concurrently.
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