CMC – BARBADIAN cricketer Nicholas Kirton has been granted BDS$100,000 (One BDS dollar=US$0.50 cents) bail after appearing in court on Thursday on four drug-related charges.

The 26-year-old captain of Canada’s cricket team appeared before Magistrate Douglas Frederick in the District ‘F’ Magistrates’ Court on charges of importing, trafficking, supplying and possession of almost 20 pounds of cannabis.

The drugs are estimated to be worth around BDS$71,000.

Kirton is set to return to court on June 2.

He was taken into police custody on Sunday after arriving at the Grantley Adams International Airport.