Dain Cummings pleaded guilty to possession of 675 grammes and was fined $20,000.
Cummings pleaded not guilty to drug trafficking, possession with intent to transfer and importation of the illegal drugs. All of these charges were withdrawn.He was reprimanded and discharged on the importation charge.
Pansy Lindsey, who came in on the same flight as Cummings, and was caught with 650 grammes of cannabis, received a similar sentence.The court heard that on Tuesday 10 June, Cummings arrived in Antigua at the V.C. Bird International Airport on board Caribbean Airlines flight 415.While being processed by immigration officials, he failed to meet the necessary entry requirements and was approached by officers from the Office of National Drug and Money Laundering Control Policy (ONDCP) and customs officials.Reports are that the officials told Cummings that they suspected he was in possession of illegal drugs.
The Jamaican man’s luggage was searched, but nothing was found.Of the belief that Cummings had ingested the contraband, the police took him to the Holberton Hospital where his abdomen was X-rayed.The X-ray showed about 70 pellets lodged in his stomach. However, he later excreted 140 pellets, containing the compressed cannabis.
Cummings was arrested and charged.Cummings has to pay the fine by 25 June, or he will spend eight months in Antigua- in prison.Upon completion of the sentence, Cummings will be removed from the state.
Cummings pleaded not guilty to drug trafficking, possession with intent to transfer and importation of the illegal drugs. All of these charges were withdrawn.He was reprimanded and discharged on the importation charge.
Pansy Lindsey, who came in on the same flight as Cummings, and was caught with 650 grammes of cannabis, received a similar sentence.The court heard that on Tuesday 10 June, Cummings arrived in Antigua at the V.C. Bird International Airport on board Caribbean Airlines flight 415.While being processed by immigration officials, he failed to meet the necessary entry requirements and was approached by officers from the Office of National Drug and Money Laundering Control Policy (ONDCP) and customs officials.Reports are that the officials told Cummings that they suspected he was in possession of illegal drugs.
The Jamaican man’s luggage was searched, but nothing was found.Of the belief that Cummings had ingested the contraband, the police took him to the Holberton Hospital where his abdomen was X-rayed.The X-ray showed about 70 pellets lodged in his stomach. However, he later excreted 140 pellets, containing the compressed cannabis.
Cummings was arrested and charged.Cummings has to pay the fine by 25 June, or he will spend eight months in Antigua- in prison.Upon completion of the sentence, Cummings will be removed from the state.
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