31 year-old Tanice Smith, a resident of Ladyville, is at prison tonight after she was convicted of drug trafficking because the Gang Suppression Unit busted her with over 4 pounds of marijuana.
She stood trial before Chief Magistrate Anne Marie Smith, where 2 officers testified that they were on patrol on Mahogany Street when they met Smith who was making her way.
Because she kept glancing behind her, the officers thought that her behavior was suspicious, and as a result, the officers searched her. Inside a yellow back she had in her possession, the officers discovered 1.98 kilograms or 4.36 pounds of marijuana, and as result she was arrested and charged with drug trafficking.
Chief Magistrate Smith, in coming to her decision, informed her that the 2 officers provided compelling testimony against her, and she didn't provide an adequate defence, and as a result, she found Smith guilty.
She sentenced Smith to pay a fine of $10,000, half of which she had to pay upfront, or she would spend 3 in default. She must pay the other half by September 26, 2013 in default another 3 years imprisonment.
She couldn't pay that $5,000 forthwith, so she will serve that first sentence of 3 years in prison.
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