A FEROCIOUS dog tied to a bed frame in which cocaine was concealed, did not prevent law enforcement officers from arresting Abiola White and instituting a charge of trafficking in narcotics, to which she pleaded guilty before Senior Magistrate, Alex Moore at the New Amsterdam Court.

White, aged 52 years of Asylum Street, New Amsterdam was sentenced to one year imprisonment coupled with a fine of $200,000.

Police Corporal Winston Poliah, prosecuting, said on June 18 last, ranks from the anti-crime patrol of Central Police Station, headed by Superintendent Wayne De Harte, conducted a cordon-and-search exercise  at St. John Street,  where it was observed that there were several males and a lone female who claimed to be assisting the occupant at the lower flat of the building .

But, as White accompanied the police ranks into the house, the policemen were confronted by a ferocious dog, which was tied to an old iron frame, on which was a condemned fridge door on top of it.

White subdued the dog before ranks discovered a small cubic container in the bed frame,   in which there were several pieces of whitish rock-like substances suspected to be cocaine.

The middle-aged woman was taken to the Central Police Station where she was charged.
Meanwhile, police also arrested Gordon Bruce, the occupant of the lower flat. He pleaded not guilty to the charge of trafficking in narcotics and was granted $50,000 bail. He is expected to return to the New Amsterdam Court on August 10 for a report.

Meanwhile Tyrone Griffith, Amzad Kubir, Leon Woolford, Emil Clarke and Clement Spooner, were charged with being at a place where persons congregate for the purpose of smoking. They were granted $10,000 bail each and the matter was sent to the Chief Magistrate for reassignment, as Magistrate Moore recused himself, due to his relationship with Spooner.