Three employees of a popular telecommunications company were, reportedly caught (by the police) smoking marijuana (ganja) in the company’s parking lot, were promptly arrested and charged on Tuesday night (June 8). The employees (including one female), all work in the telecom company’s customer service call centre.
According to reports, at approximately 9:30 p.m. on Tuesday, police from the Cross Roads police station were on patrol when they spotted a group of people smoking marijuana in the parking lot. The police managed to apprehend three members of the group, while several others managed to escape.
The three were allegedly searched, and ganja found in their possession. All three are booked to appear in the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate’s Court later this month.
A British national – Angela Robinson – who tried to leave the island with five pounds of ganja hidden in a jar of cocoa butter lotion and 3 packs of wheat crackers, was sentenced to 9 months in prison when she appeared in the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate’s Court yesterday.
In addition to the sentence, she was also fined J$8,000 or 30 days for possession of ganja and J$24,000 or six months for attempting to export the drug, after she pleaded guilty to the charges. She also pleaded guilty to dealing in ganja, for which she was admonished and discharged and entered a not guilty plea on a charge of conspiracy to export ganja, that was withdrawn.
Christopher Campbell, who was facing similar charges for allegedly conspiring with her, was freed and the charges against him dropped. Both were held at the Norman Manley International Airport in Kingston on Monday (June 22), when they were seen carrying a suitcase in which the ganja was found.
When cautioned by the police, Campbell reportedly said that a man known as TC had given him the lotion to give Robinson, but indicated that he was unaware that it contained ganja. Further to that, Robinson while pointing out that the suitcase was hers, told the police that Campbell did not know anything about the drug.
