Thursday, April 9, 2009

Kerel Honore of Dominica jailed for drug possession in Antigua

The Dominican.net Newsdesk

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Compressed marijuana.

For the second time in as many months a Dominican has been sentenced in Antigua for attempting to import drugs into that country.

Kerel Honore was fined $75 000 and given two years in prison after he pleaded guilty to importation of marijuana, possession and possession with intent to supply.

The fine applied to the possession with intent to supply charge, while he was reprimanded and discharged on the possession and importation charges.

Chief Magistrate Ivan Walters told the court that he had taken into account several factors before sentencing Honore. He indicated that Honore had no previous conviction in this jurisdiction, and that he co-operated with the police, pleaded guilty, did not waste the court’s time and that he exhibited remorse.

Police allege that the 28 year-old Honore who resides in Antigua was taken into custody after drugs were found on the vessel Tamara Alleyne, which transports agricultural produce on a weekly basis from Dominica to Antigua.

The Tamara Alleyne is the same boat on which marijuana was found in February, which led to the arrest and subsequent imposition of a fine on Abishai Ettienne, 28, of Dominica who pleaded guilty to possession of 16 pounds of marijuana with an estimated street value of $32,000.

At the time, Chief Magistrate Ivan Walters imposed a $360,000 fine, subsequently reduced it by two-thirds on account of Ettienne pleading guilty and for his previous good behavior. Ettienne was ordered to pay the government $120,000 by the end of April, 2009.

In the more recent case, the police conducted a search of the vessel’s cargo and found two ice coolers, which each contained a large quantity of grapefruit and seven wrapped packages containing the illegal drug. The 41 ½ pounds of marijuana had an estimated street value of $83,000.

Honore now has to come up with $25,000 and serve a 12-month prison sentence, and will serve an additional six months if the money is not paid by 30 April. He will deported from Antigua on completion of his sentence.
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