Domestic worker fined for trafficking cannabis

A 25 year old woman of Green Hill was arrested and charged on Wednesday March 6,2024 with the offences of possession and trafficking of cannabis.

Kyasha Williams, a domestic worker, was charged with trafficking 643 grammes of cannabis with the intent to supply it to another, and possession of 643 grammes of cannabis for the purpose of drug trafficking.

The offences were committed on Tuesday March 5, 2024, at the Grenadines Wharf, Kingstown at about 11:30 a.m.

The accused appeared at the Kingstown Magistrate Court on Thursday March 7, 2024 and pleaded guilty to the charges. She was fined EC$500 on the drug trafficking offence to be paid in one month, in default of which she will spend three months in prison.

Williams was reprimanded and discharged for possession with intent to supply the controlled drug to another person.