On January 26, 2024, police arrested and charged Michael Roberts, 35 years old, of Fountain with the offences of possession of a controlled drug and drug trafficking.
On January 26, 2024, about 8:00 a.m., Roberts was arrested at the Grenadines Wharf in Kingstown and later charged with the offence of having three thousand and thirty-two (3,032) grammes of cannabis with the intent to supply it to another and for the purpose of drug trafficking.
Roberts appeared at the Kingstown Magistrate Court on January 29, 2024, and pleaded guilty to the charges.
He was fined $3000.00 to be paid in two (2) months, or imprisonment for six (6) months for possession. He was reprimanded and discharged for the drug trafficking offence.