{"id":14379,"date":"2010-08-03T09:18:27","date_gmt":"2010-08-03T13:18:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/?p=14379"},"modified":"2010-08-03T10:33:11","modified_gmt":"2010-08-03T14:33:11","slug":"man-caught-with-marijuana-says-it-was-to-make-tea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/news\/crime-court-law\/man-caught-with-marijuana-says-it-was-to-make-tea\/","title":{"rendered":"Man caught with marijuana says it was to make tea"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/teacup.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-14381\" title=\"teacup\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/teacup-300x232.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"232\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/teacup-300x232.png 300w, https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/teacup-145x113.png 145w, https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/teacup.png 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Oliver Bedminister of Gutter Village has told a Roseau Magistrate that the 50 grams of cannabis found in his possession on July 28, 2010 was merely an ingredient for his tea.<\/p>\n<p>Bedminster appeared before Chief Magistrate Evelina Baptiste last week and pleaded guilty to possession and intent to supply the illegal drug.<\/p>\n<p>According to the facts of the case presented by the police prosecutor, at about 7:45 a.m. on the said date, officers executed a search warrant at the home of Lincoln Auguiste, with whom the defendant lives.<\/p>\n<p>Before the search commenced, the officers asked Bedminister whether he had any drugs in his home. The defendant handed the police a black plastic bag and said, \u201cA little marijuana weed that in it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>No other drugs were found during the search.<\/p>\n<p>When asked to mitigate on his own behalf at his hearing, Bedminister told the court that the drugs were only to make a &#8220;little tea&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou might be one of the persons who believe that the drug is good for you&#8230;That it\u2019s good for asthma and that rubbish&#8230;You see what\u2019s happening to the young people? They are violent, they are drop outs&#8230;and a lot of it is about the drug culture&#8230;you and all those other lazy bones,\u201d the magistrate told Bedminister.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDon\u2019t come here and tell me is just for you to make a little tea&#8230;Some of you don\u2019t\u00a0 mind making blood money and spending it while it is causing destruction to other persons and say is for tea and for asthma&#8230;don\u2019t come here and say those things,\u201d\u00a0 she said.<\/p>\n<p>The defendant was said to have no previous offenses. He\u00a0 was fined $850 for the possession of cannabis. He will pay this by September 30, 2010 or he will spend six months in prison.<\/p>\n<p>He was also fined $1,000 for intent to supply. This he will pay by October 30,2010 or he will face seven months in prison.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Oliver Bedminister of Gutter Village has told a Roseau Magistrate that the 50 grams of cannabis found in his possession on July 28, 2010 was merely an ingredient for his tea. 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