Fine, community service for repentant ‘smoker’

A 58-YEAR- OLD man appeared in the Magistrates’ Court charged with possession of cannabis.
It is alleged that on February 15, Nicholas Caesar of Blue Berry Hill, Wismar, Linden, was found with 4.4 grammes of narcotics.

According to the prosecution’s facts, the police went to the defendant’s house where a search was carried out. The defendant had no objection. The narcotics were discovered in the defendant’s room in a transparent zip lock bag and he was then taken to the police station.

Caesar told the court he was sorry for the unlawful act.
He was fined $10,000 by Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan who also ordered that he perform eight weeks of community service.

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