By PAVEL BAILEY
Tribune Staff Reporter
pbailey@tribunemedia.net
A MAN was fined $5,000 after admitting to having $7,000 worth of marijuana last week.
Magistrate Algernon Allen, Jr, charged George Johnson, 27, with possession of dangerous drugs with intent to supply.
Police in New Providence found Johnson with 7lbs of marijuana on August 24. The drugs seized in this incident have an estimated street value of $7,000.
After pleading guilty to the charge, Johnson was fined $5,000. Should he fail to pay this fine, he would face a 12-month prison sentence.
Another man was granted $2,500 bail for a separate drug offence.
Magistrate Samuel McKinney charged Keno Eugene, 31, with possession of dangerous drugs with intent to supply.
Eugene allegedly had one and a half oz of marijuana in New Providence on August 27.
After pleading not guilty to the offence, Eugene was granted $2,500 bail with one surety.
The defendant’s trial begins on November 14.
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