By PAVEL BAILEY
Tribune Staff Reporter
pbailey@tribunemedia.net
A MAN was fined $12,000 after admitting to having 6.5lb of marijuana in his Chippingham residence.
Magistrate Raquel Whyms yesterday charged Luis-Wye Francis, 44, with possession of dangerous drugs with intent to supply.
Francis was found with 6.5 lbs of marijuana in his home on Poitier Avenue on March 8. The drugs have an estimated street value of $6,500.
After entering a guilty plea for the charge, Francis was fined $12,000 or risked four years in prison. He was also placed on two years probation for which, if found in default, would also incur prison time.
Francis must pay $4,000 of his fine before his release and then make $1,000 monthly payments until his debt is settled.
Mark Penn represented him.
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