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Vincentian expresses frustration at year-long incarceration
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Senior Magistrate Tamia Richards told a prisoner today, October 3, 2013 that it was out of the norm for trial matters to be started in less than a year before the Magistrate’s court.
UPDATE: Capoon's Bay man gets 18mths for drugs & firearm offences
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Capoon’s Bay resident Merande Potter, 34, was sentenced today, September 20, 2013 to a total of eighteen (18) months in prison after previously pleading guilty to weapons and drug offences.
Openness; reduced stigma called for in marijuana debate – Sowande
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – As the debate on the use of marijuana continues to be waged around the globe, calls are being made locally for more openness in discussion and a reduction of the stigma that is attached to the issue.
JVD man pleads guilty to 'ganja' possession charges
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Kendrick Chinnery, 26, of Jost Van Dyke pleaded guilty to three traffic charges and one drug possession charge when he appeared in the Magistrate’s Court on June 28, 2013.
Vincentian maintains innocence in high seas drug find
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Vincentian, Glenroy Pierre remained the only person in a group of three to maintain a not guilty plea before the Magistrate’s court yesterday, May 16, 2013 after allegedly being involved in an attempt to convey a huge cache of drugs last year.
Absent National Policy undermines drug treatment in VI - report
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Provision of treatment services in the absence of a National Drug Policy or coordinated Drug Reduction Strategy undermines the prevention and educational efforts of the Sandy Lane Centre (SLC), according to its 2012 annual report.
Natalio Wheatley says marijuana laws need 'reflection'
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – With the recent incarceration of VG Calypso Monarch Joycelyn Searles aka Sistah Joyce for failing to pay a marijuana possession fine, talk show host and commentator Natalio Wheatley aka Sowande Uhuru is all the more convinced that the Territory needs to take an even more introspective look at legislation governing the use of cannabis sativa (marijuana).
Store Manager says 'wild friends' influenced his drug habit
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – A young manager at a local department store has blamed poor decision making and wild friends for being caught with 16 dime bags on February 19, 2013.
Three blocks of marijuana seized in Greenland
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - The Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF) has disclosed that a search warrant executed on December 11, 2012 at a Greenland residence resulted in the seizure of three blocks of marijuana.
No reason for $40K fine on Sistah Joyce – Natalio Wheatley
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Radio talk show host and public activist Natalio Wheatley aka Sowande Uhuru believes Sistah Joyce should have never received the hefty fine of $40,000 for the crime she was recently convicted of.
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