By LAMECH JOHNSON
Tribune Staff Reporter
ljohnson@tribunemedia.net
THREE men were remanded to prison without bail yesterday after being charged in connection with a near $200,000 marijuana seizure.
Zelmon Knowles, 40, Keith Major, 36, and Lloyd Minnis, 23, stood before Magistrate Andrew Forbes concerning two offences: possession of dangerous drugs with intent to supply and conspiracy to possess dangerous drugs with intent to supply.
It is alleged that the trio, on Saturday, November 21, conspired to and possessed a large quantity of Indian hemp with intent to sell and/or distribute.
The accused men denied the allegations and have retained attorney Jomo Campbell to represent them. The charges against them carry up to seven years imprisonment upon conviction.
On the morning in question, officers from the Drug Enforcement Unit, assisted by personnel from the Police Marine Support Unit and their USA counterparts, arrested two adult males from Long Island and another from Andros two miles off South Beach in a speedboat containing the marijuana.
The accused men return to Magistrate’s Court for trial on February 17, 2016.
However, they were denied bail and remanded to the Department of Correctional Services as the law prohibits persons charged with such offences to be considered for pre-trial release in Magistrate’s Court.
Magistrate Forbes informed the accused men of their right to apply to the Supreme Court for bail.
Comments
Chucky 8 years, 4 months ago
"Zelmon Knowles, 40, Keith Major, 36, and Lloyd Minnis, 23, stood before Magistrate Andrew Forbes concerning two offences: possession of dangerous drugs with intent to supply and conspiracy to possess dangerous drugs with intent to supply."
Interestingly, the two charges cite "dangerous drugs", yet nobody anywhere can cite any evidence that marijuana is even as dangerous compared to some other legal drugs on the market. I.e. cigarettes and alcohol kill more people and are perfectly legal.
I'm not a pot smoker, or any other drug for that matter, but we all know that the only thing dangerous about marijuana is the actual business dealings surrounding it. Being high is certainly less dangerous than being drunk.
Legalize and take the marijuana trade out of the criminals hands.
Challenge yourself to find and cite a case of someone dying from a Marijuana overdose? As far as I know there has never been a case of this.
Next , look at how many die because of drinking and driving.
Notice that more serious drugs are used by the "elite" in society; yet despite how many movie stars end up dead from cocaine etc, you almost never hear of anyone being charged for possession etc, unless of course they are black and poor.
Legalization of marijuana might be good or bad, Colorado doesn't seem to have been hurt by it, Canadian government has promised to legalize it nation wide.
Anything is better than how things are right now!
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