One sentenced, two remanded in drug and ammunition matter

Family members and friends consoled each as many of them burst into tears watching three of their relatives being shipped off to the Dominica State Prison after appearing at a Roseau Magistrate’s court for cultivation and possession of cannabis, firearm and ammunition charges yesterday.

Daryl James of Campbell, who pleaded guilty to all the charges, was sentenced to pay $500,000 forthwith or in default spend two and a half years in prison.

He was also sentenced to pay $4,000 forthwith on each firearm related charge or he spends one year in prison in default of each payment. Sentences are to run concurrently.

His co-defendants – Kendy Esprit and Jerry Maximea who also faced the same charges – pleaded not guilty to all. They were remanded at the state prison pending proper surety for bail.

According to Police Spokesman Inspector Claude Weekes, the men were allegedly spotted in the heights of Sylvania earlier this week.

Police (drug squad) were at the time on bush patrol in the area. Esprit and Maximea were able to escape but James was caught in his garden where thousands of cannabis trees were seen growing.

Esprit and Maximea were subsequently arrested.

Weekes said the firearm in question was a 12 gauge shot gun and six live rounds of 12 gauge ammunition.

The police public relations officer said that none of the defendants were authorized to have the firearm or ammunition. The gun was not licensed either, he said.

Weekes took the opportunity to state that police will spare no efforts in minimizing the use of illegal drugs in the community.

“So police continue to fight drugs because we know the destruction, the economic cost…the social costs, psychological costs and we spare no effort, we have a mandate, we will fulfill it,” he stated.

Magistrate Candia George presided over the matter.

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89 Comments

  1. maraj
    December 21, 2010

    :cry: im so glad he’s out now!!!

  2. jobe
    December 7, 2010

    That’s a bullshit charge way too harsh for the crime , guess this guy thinks pleading guilty was the way to go , you are innocent till proven guilty

  3. naturelover
    December 7, 2010

    never celebrate someone else mishap …yours may be sooooooon,rather use it as a reminder to stay on track—we all have our ##skeletons## -who dsetermines which one is worse????? meditate on that

  4. naturelover
    December 7, 2010

    I think that particular sentence is too harsh,com[pared to so many who get lighter sentences for coke that is a far more dangerous drug—–

  5. SHELCO
    December 6, 2010

    ANY time is drugs hang them they destroyuing to many of our youths and they have some big kind of boats to, those are not for fishing but to transport stolen motobikes and drugs why dont the police sink them in the river,or bore holesw in them so when they get out at sea it will sink in the middle of the night and they will get lost at sea and our youth will be safer. that is just a suggesion to help control the demon called drugs.

    • hds
      December 7, 2010

      u is a hater man all u jus want doe want to see us shine…..lets us ghetto youts shine

      • spanishboyz
        January 2, 2011

        i agree we need to grow up…

    • Anonymous
      December 13, 2010

      most idiotic thing i have ever heard. alcohol is far worse for a human body than weed is.. and yet which one is legal

  6. chris
    December 6, 2010

    :lol:
    jail those son of batch…. the law is the law,
    if they was keeping themselves in their shell,
    problems like this will be avoided……
    lets pop a bottle champagne on their headz….

    • Herbie
      December 6, 2010

      ..typical response from an alcoholic… :lol:

      • slave mentality
        December 6, 2010

        true that….

      • CaCa Beef
        December 7, 2010

        Wine is a mocker and beer a brawler, whoever is led astray by them is not wise.” Proverbs 20:1

    • Profit
      December 7, 2010

      That’s expected from a WOMIEL! But I agree if you say the guns are a rediculous item.

  7. CaCa Beef
    December 6, 2010

    i can see that some of you all really hat this country or it’s youth , no wonder cowards like some of you all quite and works to develop the other country while booing down your own
    how sad
    i think that you all are better of out there,because your heart is revealed through those statement
    but the few hard working Dominicans that are here will give our best while you guys out there have no knowledge of the real problems on the grounds, instead of working to find a solution you all are contributing to it, and you will hear some of the ignorant blames the government.

    We got a bunch a lazy young peoples around the island who believe what their parents own belong to them and what others peoples own is still theirs, there is work but they rather sit and smoke and talk about Haile Selassie I,being very ignorant of his atrocities toward his own peoples
    (Romans 1:21Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened.
    22Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,
    23And changed the glory of the incorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and four footed beasts, and creeping things.
    24Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonor their own bodies between themselves:
    25Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen.
    there is work but no they rather steal
    breaking and entering peoples houses to steal their hard earned dollars
    from electronics to sinks and toilets, face basins etc.
    but God knows and he surely sees the intend of the heart

  8. CaCa Beef
    December 6, 2010

    Effects on Daily Life
    Research clearly demonstrates that marijuana has the potential to cause problems in daily life or make a person’s existing problems worse. In one study, heavy marijuana abusers reported that the drug impaired several important measures of life achievement, including physical and mental health, cognitive abilities, social life, and career status.9 Several studies associate workers’ marijuana smoking with increased absences, tardiness, accidents, workers’ compensation claims, and job turnover.

    • NATURALIST ETHIEST
      December 6, 2010

      All these syptoms and problems you mentioned can be directly attributed to a more powerful and real drug “RUM”. Drinking by far does a lot more harm than weed and please do not take my word for it just ask all the scientist that does all these research and thy will tell you. One of the top British medical institututions has recently finish a study about all the drugs in the world. Their conclusion is that the most harmfull drug is Alcohol, Cocaine, etc…. WEEd made it to at the bottom of the most harmful and at the top of the most benificial.

      Please peopl do your own research instead of blindly beleiving whats out there as truth and scientifically proven.

    • slave mentality
      December 6, 2010

      show me that documental
      where u get that information
      lie u a tell

  9. CaCa Beef
    December 6, 2010

    Marijuana and Mental Health

    A number of studies have shown an association between chronic marijuana use and increased rates of anxiety, depression, and schizophrenia. Some of these studies have shown age at first use to be an important risk factor, where early use is a marker of increased vulnerability to later problems. However, at this time, it is not clear whether marijuana use causes mental problems, exacerbates them, or reflects an attempt to self-medicate symptoms already in existence.

    Chronic marijuana use, especially in a very young person, may also be a marker of risk for mental illnesses – including addiction – stemming from genetic or environmental vulnerabilities, such as early exposure to stress or violence. Currently, the strongest evidence links marijuana use and schizophrenia and/or related disorders.4 High doses of marijuana can produce an acute psychotic reaction; in addition, use of the drug may trigger the onset or relapse of schizophrenia in vulnerable individuals.

  10. CaCa Beef
    December 6, 2010

    Research indicates that THC impairs the body’s immune system from fighting disease, which can cause a wide variety of health problems. One study found that marijuana actually inhibited the disease-preventing actions of key immune cells. Another study found that THC increased the risk of developing bacterial infections and tumors.

    Effects of Exposure During Pregnancy
    Several studies have found that children born to mothers who used marijuana during pregnancy exhibit some problems with neurological development. According to those studies, prenatal marijuana exposure can cause:

    * Altered responses to visual stimuli
    How Does Marijuana Affect the Brain?

    Scientists have learned a great deal about how THC acts in the brain to produce its many effects. When someone smokes marijuana, THC rapidly passes from the lungs into the bloodstream, which carries the chemical to the brain and other organs throughout the body.

    THC acts upon specific sites in the brain, called cannabinoid receptors, kicking off a series of cellular reactions that ultimately lead to the “high” that users experience when they smoke marijuana. Some brain areas have many cannabinoid receptors; others have few or none. The highest density of cannabinoid receptors are found in parts of the brain that influence pleasure, memory, thinking, concentrating, sensory and time perception, and coordinated movement.1

    Not surprisingly, marijuana intoxication can cause distorted perceptions, impaired coordination, difficulty with thinking and problem solving, and problems with learning and memory. Research has shown that, in chronic users, marijuana’s adverse impact on learning and memory can last for days or weeks after the acute effects of the drug wear off.2 As a result, someone who smokes marijuana every day may be functioning at a suboptimal intellectual level all of the time.

    Research into the effects of long-term cannabis use on the structure of the brain has yielded inconsistent results. It may be that the effects are too subtle for reliable detection by current techniques. A similar challenge arises in studies of the effects of chronic marijuana use on brain function. Brain imaging studies in chronic users tend to show some consistent alterations, but their connection to impaired cognitive functioning is far from clear. This uncertainty may stem from confounding factors such as other drug use, residual drug effects, or withdrawal symptoms in long-term chronic users.
    * Increased tremulousness
    * Problems with sustained attention and memory
    * Poor problem-solving skills

  11. NATURALIST ETHIEST
    December 6, 2010

    Weed is not a drug and it never will be by the standardS of NATURE. It is a plant grown naturally which means the effects are minimal and as a matter of fact because it is a natural herb, like many other herbs we use to cook and cure ourselves, weed indeed has many or more of the medicinal components. When man has the ability to manipulate the plant and PROCESS its various components artificially then it will be considered a DRUG. Until then WEED is just like every other herb with vast medicinal properties which makes it one of the few SUPER PLANTS ON EARTH.

  12. people
    December 6, 2010

    People killing and they walking free, look isodore cannot appear in court. a little weed them man planting to make a christmas money police want to have them

    alas ppl. let live.

  13. Jah Know Starrrr
    December 6, 2010

    Why is Dominica at the back of the line when it comes to this…I mean all over Europe and the US decriminalization is taking place. WHY? Its a Damm plant…Sad to say but im glad i no longer live in Da because of none sense like this…I mean why leave a spot where you can fire up in your yard legally and come back to Da where you have to hide in Bushes…i will never come back!!!

  14. CaCa Beef
    December 6, 2010

    It is sad to read what some of you guys are writing, knowing the amount young men that are up at the mental institute, if I recall of one specific case, after the young man spoke, he attacked his mother with a knife.
    What are we saying by nullifying the effort of the police? What kind of message are sending to the rest of the world?… that’s it’s ok to grow and sell and illegal substance or that it’s ok to break the law, and we must champion against the Babylon(my foot),or we shouldn’t care how much lives we affect, but as long as we make some quick money
    What we really need to focus on, is the eradication of these crises in our society and the island by extension.
    Look at the kind of problems the schools have to deal with, these young people’s are coming to school weapons with weed in their bags to either share or sell
    Are we going to blames the teachers…?
    Some parent’s failures are apparent in their children’s delinquent and insubordinate behavior for any type or kind of standards put in place to govern the education system and the society at large.
    Sad but true, these parents keep pointing at the teachers and the education system for their failures, I am not saying that the system is perfect but the parent need to do more than just talk and not show any interest in the children’s education.
    The education system was build for higher learning, but the standard had to be set at home.
    I believe there should be a greater effort by the law, to going after the bigger financer and incarcerate some of the elites in society that believe that they are above the laws because of their political affiliates. Drugs disappearing from evidence lab some of the law officials involve in the sale and distribution of illegal substances and some of their leader impregnating a young girl, all these nonsense need to
    All these double standards need to be stamp out.

    • forkit
      December 6, 2010

      why dont you go fertilize some weed

      • CaCa Beef
        December 6, 2010

        My high is on Gods’ word
        i will let you do those foolish things

        When – a fool walketh by the way – In every act of life, and in every company he frequents, the irreligious man shows what he is. Vanity, nonsense, and wickedness are his themes: so that in effect he saith to every one that he is a fool.

        Remember the law was made for the lawless

        • NATURALIST ETHIEST
          December 6, 2010

          You have just proven why religion is the worlds biggest problem. When people are different you call them all sort of derogatory names instead of doing what your savior said (love unconditionally). You have to remember yourself that laws were made by man.

        • CaCa Beef
          December 7, 2010

          At the end we will see where you will end up, ethehist my foot.
          you guys are so funny
          As you may not be acquainted with the word of God
          just for your ignorance it’s scripture
          and i am here to please anyone specially world disciples like you who identify yourself with ethehistic belief system

  15. Sue-Ellen
    December 6, 2010

    Candia George have no sense of what she is doing? how did this woman even become magistrate the woman just have no clue. 500,000 for what? hemp making clothing, Dominicans need to get real. Murderers, cocaine dealers, thieves, crack dealers, rapist she setting free, and she want to crucify a man for marijuana. I don’t condone it, but she has it all backwards. I hope she deals with Isidore in the same fashion and all the venezuelans and politicians in the same way.

    The woman is just bias

    • CaCa Beef
      December 6, 2010

      If you know so much why don’t you get into the system and do a better job

  16. wateva!
    December 6, 2010

    Our justice system never fails to amuse me! I walk down River Bank in the middle of the day, and see pushers selling their crack/cocaine along the roadside in small pieces of foil paper like sweets…addicts sitting on the roadside smoking their crackpipes and sniffing their white powder…everyone watching, but nobody seeing. Yet the law enforcement will patrol the mountaintops and bushes to charge a man $500 000 for a herb which certainly does not have the damaging effects of cocaine???!! this is ludicrous!!!!

    • BELZBOB
      December 6, 2010

      I agree with you that cocaine, crack, etc. have many more damaging effects wholly than marijuana does, however, for now, marijuana is against the law and because of such i completely disagree with the illegal cultivation and distribution of it. I think we should fight to change the law and not choose to ignore the law because when we choose to ignore the laws that don’t suit us, someone else will choose to ignore the laws that don’t suit them. Who’s to say who is going to be right and wrong then ??

  17. amy
    December 5, 2010

    YO REMEBA THE 4MER COMISHERNA ASK HIM WHAT HE WAS DOING IN D BASEMENT IN NEWTOWN WEN HE WAS COMISHONA .U C ALL OF THEM IN IT SHAKER WALK OUT 3 AFTER MURDER SO GANGA IS BIG MAN AND DIET COKE IS A PRETTY LADYYYYY ASKKKK PRO MONTH HE KNOWS CUS HE USED IT 2 I B LIVE : :oops: :lol: :lol: :lol: :wink: :wink: :wink:

  18. Truth, Justice, Love, Peace and Unity
    December 5, 2010

    Also the health cost when they and others get sick from taking illegal drugs and their early demise.

  19. Profit
    December 5, 2010

    Police connot make money from weed in Dominica weed has little money in it here, coke and crack does. So why yuou think those in Granbay does hang out drunk and feel protected in de shop across the street from Holeday? now u know.

  20. FED UP DOMINICAN
    December 5, 2010

    The police do not hand out the fines or prison time, they are meant to uphold the law, not pass judgement. It is the courts that people should be angry with. I sometimes wonder how some lawyers/judges sleep at night.

    There is no excuse for dealing in drugs, but surely the harsh fines and sentences are unfair. I guess the treasury must be smiling when they hear how much monies will be added to their coffers.
    If you kill someone and are found guilty, then its a prison term, no monies to the treasury.
    It seems that taking someones life is viewed by the judiciary as a trival matter. Life seems to have
    little importance.

    To the writer who thinks that Dominica has one of the best police force in the world, I had a good laugh when I read that. Yes the police have a difficult job to do with limited resources, but any one can walk around and detect if someone is smoking weed or growing it, but they lag way behind when it comes to investigating and solving serious crime.

  21. FIRE
    December 5, 2010

    TO ME FIGHTING WEED IS FIGHTING THE CREATOR.I PRAY I LIVE LONG ENOUGH TO SEE THE OUT COME.

  22. moun killamanjaro
    December 5, 2010

    why do little dominica wants to do like america, dont u know that america plant weed marijuana cannabis for export and medical reason then they talkin about war on drugs. and then the fools is the small island killing there own people for weed. dominica do as the master say, but the master dont give u anything to improve your country

    • Goodwill Massive
      December 6, 2010

      Well said my brotherman

  23. wtf
    December 5, 2010

    a man has to pay all that money for a herb or do time in jail and people raping and killing and getting community service…. dominicans which crime would u choose…. no law in d a trust that… stupessssss.

  24. forkit
    December 5, 2010

    ehben look jokes $500k, for weed.
    say marijuana pon de corner keep me higher make me smarter, burn it on de highway its the higest grade going to my head.let me tell you someting about ganja, at times i bake it sometimes i’ll steam it. i’ll give it to my beathren and sistren to use it, it’s the king of the forest babillon dem doh like it. dey cut it heap it up and then dey destroy it. dey stick u up and lock u up and dey take it for a crime….. WOH.

  25. WAIT NOW
    December 5, 2010

    From my earlier post:
    Weeks and his boys in D/a must be mad.

    Marijuana IS safe. Like most things including sex and water, moderation is key. Been smoking it since high school, never liked to be F’ed-Right-Up but just a litltle smoke. Smoked it in college thru my first degree, then thru graduate school. As a professional today I still do, and in moderation.

    Persecution of Marijuana started during the era of Reefer madness in the U.S, that’s all, and continues today partly because it has largely gone underground passing thru the same channels as hard drugs. Hence the continued Persecution. However, it’s legal or decriminalized in many countries…well except Weeks and his boys in D/a. Lately California has made it available, taking it to the surface as medical marijuana – soon to be legalized there. No big deal any more.

  26. AGREE
    December 5, 2010

    HYPOCRITES…jail them..the effects of drugs and weapons are far and wide reaching…let them face the penalties and stop making excuses. I agree the penalties are sort of imbalanced but let them get the jail.. is not a ‘little weed’.. the damage of drugs has long and lasting damage….

    The drugs will kill a child, a family, a society. BURN THE WEED TOO!

  27. shatta
    December 5, 2010

    all u wondering why they jusnt catch d coke dealers ,them big men in society dat involve in that trade,dem police involve in it too

  28. Living out there
    December 5, 2010

    this unbalance, non-Dominican nationals is found to introduce cocaine in Dominica, and what they are charge is § 35. 000 E.C Dollar, for cocaine valued more than 1, 000,000 U.S Dollars, and local people are criminalised for weed!!!

    The Justic system in Dominica support inportation of Cocaine and not weed!!!

    The Police seem to support Cocaine deals, sadly for Dominica!!!!

  29. desie
    December 5, 2010

    ALL YOU CRYING THE COUNTRY DOH HAVE MONEY BUT YET ALL YOU CHARGING A MAN HALF A MILLION DOLLARS ….SO WHEN THEY CANNOT GET THE MONEY TO PAY WHAT ALL YOU THINK THEY GOING AND DO??? PLANT MORE DAMN WEED TO PAY ALL YOU, DAT IS WHAT THEY GOING AND DO , PAY ALL YOU WITH DIRTY MONEY

  30. stupesist
    December 5, 2010

    Now that the rest of the world is decriminalizing marijuana so that it can be openly used freely by those who need its medicinal attributes,

    Dumbnicans are charging its youth 500,000 for growing it? I mean its not like it can grow wild, its not like it’s a plant or anything. Its not like the first bible and the American constitution and the sails that drove the slave masters ship were all done with hemp(MARIJUANA). Its not like the medicinal marijuana industry in the united states generates 100’s of millions a year in PROFITS. We are truly backward in this place. Severely!

    We allow the IMF to tell us how to spend our monies when they are in bed the American federal government, private banking interests and other sectors especially tourism. We have been sold very cheap into economical slavery.

    Expect us to be like Jamaica real real soon. Owing the IMF and debtors with no way to pay and at their every whim and fancy! The only ones who will suffer are us! While Amerikkka and Europe pocketing all their millions generated from Marijuana…… Instead of using the hemp to make our own fuel, books, clothes, seed oil etc and create our own industries, we beggin massa for scraps from his table.

    Gimme a barrel of oil nuh massa, build a stadium for us nuh massa, build a hospital for us nuh massa, fix our roads for us nuh massa.

    When those that was beggin for all this are out of office who will be left to pay up?

    YOU AND I THE SHEEPLE!!!

  31. Amonrah kobadi
    December 5, 2010

    That’s crazy. these men should be charged for the gun because guns kill.they should not be charged for being farmers. on second thoughts, they should not even be charged for the gun if infact it was with then in the heights because lets be for real, you need a little protection from the pirates who will try and come by to reap what they did not sow

  32. looking in from the outside
    December 4, 2010

    Unlicensed fire arm?
    So you mean because them man don’t own villas they were not given back their Unlicensed fire arm?

    And when these guys are charged these kind of ridiculous amounts, where do the magistrate and judges expect them to get that money to pay, but to plant and sell more weed.

    Things will never change.
    A poor man will always be pressed.

  33. god is in control
    December 4, 2010

    y they never catch the drug dealers,is because our children spoile themselfs and become [FOOLS]to go out there and spoile there lifes to sell the coke for the big boys who hide like the cowards they are, and when the young boys steal from them they bring them on the sea and kill them,and the big boys go free because theres no profe, but the god lord is in control,even the police are give the little man on the block to sell for them,thats y so of them building big houses and have two and three transports,but god is looking at them

  34. mr. wung futin
    December 4, 2010

    in any society the oppress subject, be it man or thing, always have other value that are ignored.
    do research and see the use of herb in some countries; construction of houses, fabric for garments, paper , medicine,and much more. What is coke and crack good for?It is the big man’s economy, he is the one that can man-u-facture it.weed is small man’s economy it never kill any body, it have a much longer history than crack and coke, with less tragedy,
    SO THE STRUGGLES CONTINUES dum in a can man.
    mouth of the south it is big man business, check dum in a can man see how he living.
    big up your chest mouth of the south.

  35. Dominican Man
    December 4, 2010

    Sorry souls will never come to grips with the facts that “YES” they were caught with drugs and ammunitions. What the hell you think the guns and ammo was inteded for? not because Christmas is comining imagine! some innocent man or woman happens to be tending to their garden in the heights purely innocent and minding their lawful business and those nuts will defend their trade at any cost God that person can be at the wrong place at the wrong time and BANG! BANG! get killed cause it was mistaken identity cause drugs dealers want to break the law to kill our own kids by selling that poison to them are we really serious in Dominica? I dont think so, small so called crimes can lead to bigger crimes. Remember magistrate and judges that send people to jail if there`s the evidence for such. The police have a job to do and come what may some of them will stop at nothing to up hold and do their duty thats without question and if any body have a problem with that come to NEWYORK where i now live and dare to talk or do that nonescence and see how much of Dominica you wish you were living in. Just yesterday in East NEWYORK have any body heard of it? or dare to visit there? The bad so called cowards at the site of the police start running like roaches need i say more? If Dominica and i hope it never get to that point} reach that level guess who will be left standing? THE police and other law abiding citizens. That`s not the Dominica i want to live in. LONG LIVE THE POLICE we know its a thanksless job but some body have to do it. I did it and survived and i would do it again more so in todays world. Therefor take heart brothers and sisters and continue to pray for protection every day there`s a God above. PEACE!

  36. Bell pawolle
    December 4, 2010

    It a shame that every time the police is proctecting the comin generation the wicked ones always been sent by the devils to distract the law of the country is it because is a family member is involve or you all want to bring down dominica to the ground

  37. facts man
    December 4, 2010

    i really do not understand . the drug herb money is not good for the development of the man and his family but he $500,000.00 is good for the treasury and then to patch holes and pay cevil servan and the same ploiceman sallary . them tings there not making no sense in my head .how the hell he expext him to pat that kind of money ?
    is not go and plant more weed na to sell to pay the court . stupes
    them ting must stop if you say it is wrong do put a price to it .just send the man jail
    .straight

    .

  38. precious
    December 4, 2010

    this is rediculous.. I mean common that’s all the officers in dominica can do.. go after drugs and weapons.. send man jail for weed….. chargin a man all that money and murderes gettin out for free.. the most they will spend in stocky 30 days when they go court case thrown out no eveidence.. you sell drugs, steal u go jail you kill somebody u walk free on the streets like nothing happen….yes i wat dominica has cme too.. i would really like to know….

    • van
      December 5, 2010

      Examples still need to be set

    • cake
      December 5, 2010

      drugs leads to murder…LIFE SENTENCE!!!!

    • BELZBOB
      December 6, 2010

      I agree that the punishment seemed harsh and excessive, however, we can’t expect to fix the law or judicial system in this country if we’re going to start off on the wrong foot by bending or breaking it for what we consider lesser crimes. We need to make the law mean something in this country again by making it applicable to everyone.

  39. --
    December 4, 2010

    Jaahh know,… the double standards :roll: :-? … so… a yut in st.joe get $30,000 bail for chappin a next yut hand… but this yut has to pay $500,000 bail for herbb???? hmmmpp…reaaally???.. dca is relly a fkt up place to live yoo…..

    • vole' lime
      December 6, 2010

      read and understand b4 u comment. thank u

    • BELZBOB
      December 6, 2010

      Understandably, the physical damage done to the young man from St. Joseph is gruesome, however, if you have to look at it unemotionally, it is damaged done to one person with no intent to harm other people. The cultivation and eventual distribution of illegal drugs do not affect one person and the intent is to have it spread to as many people as possible. We all look at marijuana as a natural herb, and I agree, however, it is against the law for now and as long as it still is we should be putting our efforts into legalizing it and not growing it illegally. The concept here is that whereas one life is directly affected and a family and friends, the lives and a few others are subsequently affected by and isolated altercation which went too far, many lives are purposefully affected by the development, cultivation and distribution of illegal drugs.
      We the people have a voice. We must let our voice be herd. The law is a guideline made by people we trust to determine a model for our way of civilized life. If something does not work for us in the law anymore, we have the authority to change it going to these same people and letting them understand that this is what we want as a civilization.

  40. have mercy
    December 4, 2010

    :cry: what for the police to check they dont check

  41. Nuts
    December 4, 2010

    :cry:

  42. blackbeauty!!
    December 4, 2010

    I dont support the use of illegal drugs and fire arms but what i dont understand is that the courts are so hard on these guys and they just smile at the muderers and tell them go n sin no more!!

    • comptech37
      December 5, 2010

      i agree with your comment….. what for the law to be strong on,they real weak on it.
      killer should not be walking free

  43. WAIT NOW
    December 4, 2010

    “So police continue to fight drugs …… ” But how come is only weed they finding? No crack nor coke on island? Woww Dominica is a saintly place then. That smells fishy.

    • rubbish
      December 4, 2010

      they going after the weak ones thats why the big boys will be big boys the little boys must go down

    • moun killamanjaro
      December 5, 2010

      they are the one that control the crack and cocaine.

  44. Dominican Man
    December 4, 2010

    Great job once again by the best police force in the caribbean if not the world, taking into consideration population, equipmemts, and man power we can be up there with any around the world.’ Good for them, and let not the crying fool some of you out there who seems to always spue hate against our police yes there`s room for that when it`s warranted i have been there done that so i know what i am talking about. There`s always one thing i will always maintain why certain persons always violate the law and at the same time dare the law not catching up with them one day? Dont they remember the saying ” NINETY NINE DAYS FOR THE THIEF” BUT!!! ONLY DAY FOR THE POLICE” THATS all it takes some will never under stand that! Nothwith standing some will come on here and spread their hate and say all sorts of things about the little man is the only one geting caught and stuff like go after the muderers ect,ect, pure BS! PEOPLE Come to grips with the facts the law is there for a reason and if you cannot do the time then do not commit the dame crime. Our problem will continue partly because there`s not enough of an out cry by the so called people in power to make a difference and let it be known that we are all in this together what goes around comes around” we are living in a time that our attitude is; once, it does not affect me then i could care less well i have news for those concern ‘YOU`re sadly mistaken. NOW EAT YOUR HEART OUT”.

    • Anonymous
      December 4, 2010

      TO THE POLICE ACADEMY HERE, THIS PLACE CALLED DOMI NICA IS NOW ON A TICKING CLOCK WITH MURDER AND IT’S SAD HOW THE SO-CALLED POLCE DEAL WITH THAT.SENDIND A MAN JAIL FOR WEED IS SAD,I THINK IT’S ILLEGAL SO CHARGE A FEE BUT NOT GO SO HARD ON A MAN. IS LIKE HE KILLED AN ARMY,THIS NATION WILL SUFFER CAUSE THERE IS NO JUSTICE.

      THE MORE THEY KEEP THERE EYES ON THE WEED THE MORE MURDERS WE KEEP SEEING. THIS POLICE ACADEMY NEEDS TO WAKE UP FROM THERE DEEP SLEEP

    • starr
      December 4, 2010

      sound like a battyman..eat wat heart out?ur a damn cannibal and blood drinker too and want ppl to do da same. id rather burn and spliff and let it burn u!

    • WAIT NOW
      December 5, 2010

      Weeks Weeks and his boys in D/a must be mad.
      Marijuana IS safe. Like most things including sex and water, moderation is key. Been smoking it since high school, never liked to be F’ed-Right-Up but just a litltle smoke. Smoked it in college thru my first degree, then thru graduate school. As a professional today I still do, and in moderation.

      Persecution of Marijuana started during the era of Reefer madness in the U.S, and continues today partly because it has largely gone underground passing thru the same channels as hard drugs. Hence the continued Persecution. However, it’s legal or decriminalized in many countries…well except Weeks and his boys in D/a. Lately California has made it available, taking it to the surface as medical marijuana – soon to be legalized there. No big deal any more.

    • Look
      December 5, 2010

      @ Dominican Man : You alone in this one Bud…. Pun intended!

  45. 2side2datorry
    December 4, 2010

    the same druuuuuugs they are fightin is it that is building some of their houses and payin for their loans they dont fight against all

  46. JahYoutConcerned
    December 4, 2010

    It iz no surprise dey sen dem man jail …. go jail for a likl weed with no questions but wen u kill a man u hearin all kinda hmmm…. ammmm.. but …… on that note …….according to de evidence … alll kind BS u does hear ……… So “they” stay …. Who de they cap fit let dem wear it ….

  47. Anonymous
    December 4, 2010

    go boyzz!!!!

  48. Grabberment
    December 4, 2010

    That is for some areas in Dominica. In Grandbay had some officers trying to fight drugs and curb lawlessness and they transfer all of them because the Underground King and a few of his benificiaries in high places to complain. So please Mr Weeks all u have is power of speach. Criminals and politicians run things.

    • RASTA4LIFE
      December 4, 2010

      I SU PPORT YOU A WHOLE LOT GRABBERMENT GO DEAL WITH THE MURDERERS THE GOVERNMENT , SET FREE ON THE STREET OF GRANDBAY ENJOYING THEMSELVES ,HAVE NO REGARD FOR THE LIVIN G AND THE INNOCENT MAN. SEE DEM ON MORE SEWO DRINKING AND SMOKING , BUT I SAY UNTO YOU ALL TO JAH BE THE GLORY,A YOU TIME WILL COME!!!!!!!!!!!! amen

  49. mko
    December 4, 2010

    hmmm

  50. Anonymous
    December 4, 2010

    And we just don’t seem to get the message. Fellow Dominicans, those who have place their confidence in this Drugs and Guns activity. STOP and THINK! Drugs alter your ability to function sensibly and rationally. Guns make you feel powerful but it is a vicious tool that destroys life. A combination of both is extremely dangerous. Please my people wake up. We are only destroying ourselves.

    • Tru Blu
      December 6, 2010

      Science you coming with…..about drugs, Marijuana is not a drug so please do ur research properly….i do not care how educated you are…i agree with you about guns then again who issue guns….If you know charleston Heston, the man who acts as moses..he was da president of the NRA….and yet act as moses to us…the system is pure brain wash….. research the war of world war one and two and you will see how marijuana was used for all different uses now it is outlawed…..it is grown naturally in most caribbean countries and like the fruit tree it cannot be distroyed forever…..

  51. urban maroon
    December 4, 2010

    Illegal drugs and weapons …menace to Dominican soceity. Jail and charge all those who are guilty.

  52. DRUG MULE
    December 4, 2010

    ITS A JOKE THAT PUNISHMENT FOR ILLEGAL DRUGS AND FIREARM ARE EASY ON THE CULPRITS.ITS ABOUT TIME THE LAW BECOMES HARD ON THESE PEOPLE.DRUGS AND FIREARMS ARE A BIG PROBLEM IN THE CARIBBEAN.. SO MANY YOUNG LIVES ARE DESTROYED BECAUSE OF DRUGS RELATED CRIME.I HAVE NO SYMPATHY FOR DRUG PUSHERS.THEY ARE DESTROYING OUR COUNTRY. THE LAW SHOULD BE AMENDED AND GET STIFFER PENALTIES SO A STRONG MESSAGE WILL BE SENT TO THOSE WHO WANT TO FOLLOW.

  53. drugs
    December 4, 2010

    you have people killing raping and molesting people children and not a min in jail or aand not a hefty fine like you finding a man 500.000 for weed the judge just plain wicked and cold weed is natural coke and hash is what to find ppl for and yall letting them go scott free ahhhh the gun ok let him pay but the weed just burn it and done with that

  54. charles
    December 4, 2010

    just want to no which is worst ganga or white lady coke.because i realize that u get harsher sentencing for ganga than u get for coke

  55. mouth of the south
    December 4, 2010

    well well,,,,,dat is sumting else,,,,but how come they never catching dem coke dealers lol i wonder!!!! :lol: :lol: :lol: :roll: :mrgreen: :roll:

    • rubbish
      December 4, 2010

      ture dat 100 % when last u ever heard they found a boat or something with cocaine they seeing the vagrants on the road everyday taking it . guess they bought some in the shop. if u giva a paro 100 dollars to talk you getting all d corners it selling

    • FED UP DOMINICAN
      December 5, 2010

      Weed and crack are the poor mans drug. Coke is usually beyond their pockets.

      Also coke dealers are usually backed financially.

    • eyes wide open
      December 6, 2010

      because they are the ones who dominicans vote for

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