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May 27th, 2016
Riel Charleswell charged with drugs, ammo possession

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Basketball coach and horse trainer/owner Riel Charleswell was said to have both denied and owned up to a quantity of vegetable matter suspected to be cannabis when Police witnesses testified yesterday May 26, 2016 in the Magistrate's Court.

April 16th, 2016
Jazz Freeman tried to evade cops on motor scooter - court told

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – A 22 year old young man from Horse Path, Tortola, Jazz Freeman was yesterday April 15, 2016, released on bail when he appeared before Chief Magistrate Tamia N. Richards after he was caught by police allegedly with a small quantity of cannabis with a street value of less than $50.

December 3rd, 2015
Marijuana plantation uncovered on Virgin Gorda

VALLEY, Virgin Gorda, VI – In an operation last week, officers from the Virgin Gorda Police Station, along with a Special Investigations Team, uncovered a large marijuana plantation on Virgin Gorda.

March 27th, 2015
Kenyetta Boynes sentenced to 6 years, 7 months

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Kenyetta Boynes was this afternoon March 27, 2015 sentenced to a total of six years, seven months for gun, ammunition and narcotics charges when he appeared before the Magistrate’s Court.

June 7th, 2014
Richard Whyte told to ‘Blow bubbles for fun!’

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Magistrate Ayanna Baptiste-DaBreo yesterday June 6, 2014 told Richard Whyte that he should try blowing bubbles for fun when he felt the urge to use cannabis.

June 5th, 2014
Earl Sylvester drug trial starts in Magistrate’s Court today

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – When Mr Earl Sylvester appeared in the Magistrate’s Court today June 5, 2014 before Magistrate Ayanna Baptiste DaBreo he was required to answer for a second time to the allegations that he was found with a quantity of controlled drugs on April 22, 2013.

December 10th, 2013
Belle Vue youth ordered to clean jail cells, vehicles @ RT Police Station

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Damion Scatliffe, 22, found himself the recipient of an unusual brand of punishment from the local courts when he was ordered, among other things, to clean the Road Town Police Station after pleading guilty to unlawful possession of cannabis.

July 31st, 2013
Man gets 4 years for 3kg of 'weed'

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Mitch Christopher, 28, was sentenced to four years in prison today, July 31, 2013 after pleading guilty on July 4, 2013 to possessing over 3kg of cannabis. The offence carried a maximum fine of $100,000 or ten years’ imprisonment.

July 26th, 2013
UPDATE: Allister Brown for sentencing on July 31

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Allister Browne, the man that pleaded guilty to having over one kilogram of cannabis in his possession recently, has had his sentencing put off for another date due to the absence of sentencing guidelines in his case.

July 16th, 2013
Man freed of drug charge but remanded for another matter!

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Mitch Christopher, 27, was found not guilty of a cannabis possession charge when he appeared before the Magistrate’s Court on July 12, 2013.

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