FOUR Americans escaped lengthy prison sentences yesterday when they were fined a combined $1,500 for admitting to simple possession of dangerous drugs in three separate incidents.
Drug Court Magistrate Andrew Forbes, who ordered the fines to be paid by no later than 5pm, chastised the cruise passengers who admitted to knowing, before their arrest over the weekend, that possessing marijuana in the Bahamas was illegal. He said they could have faced up to seven years in Her Majesty’s Prison...
FOUR Americans escaped lengthy prison sentences yesterday when they were fined a combined $1,500 for admitting to simple possession of dangerous drugs in three separate incidents.
Drug Court Magistrate Andrew Forbes, who ordered the fines to be paid by no later than 5pm, chastised the cruise passengers who admitted to knowing, before their arrest over the weekend, that possessing marijuana in the Bahamas was illegal. He said they could have faced up to seven years in Her Majesty’s Prison...
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