By now, news of Americans being busted with weed at the airport is old hat - but today one visitor who got strung up for 30 grams of weed, had a warning for fellow travelers - read the fine print!:
Yannick Nicole Bowie
"Yeah, I beat the case."
Reporter
"So, tell me. Aren't you aware of the Belize law?"
Yannick Nicole Bowie
"Now I am, yeah. I feel like a lot of people that come from... And I'm glad you got this too. A lot of people that come from United States.
"But at the end of the day, all I can say is this. Free first."
That's 21-year-old, Yannick Nicole Bowie - an American hostess - she was fined $805 dollars for importation of a controlled drugs found inside her suitcase. Customs officers reportedly picked up on the strong smell of cannabis in her presence.
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