St Michael man fined BDS$6,000 over 3.1 kg cannabis
Denson Emroy Bailey, 53, of Culloden Road, St Michael, pleaded guilty before Chief Magistrate Ian Weekes to trafficking and importing 3.1 kg of cannabis and was fined $6,000. Police valued the cannabis at about BDS$24,800 and said the offences were committed on December 11, 2025.
🇧🇧 District 'A' Criminal Court No. 1, Bridgetown, St Michael, Barbados
Arrested
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Charged
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Convicted
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Sentenced
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Agencies
Barbados Police Service, District 'A' Criminal Court No. 1
Denson Emroy Bailey, 53, of Culloden Road, St Michael, appeared before Chief
Magistrate Ian Weekes in the District ‘A’ Criminal Court No. 1 on Friday.[1]He pleaded guilty to trafficking and importing cannabis.[1]He was fined
$6,000 over the offences.[1]
Officers of The Barbados Police Service Narcotics Unit arrested and charged him
over offences committed on December 11.[1]The suspected cannabis weighed an
estimated 3.1 kilogrammes.[1]Police put its street value at approximately
$24,800.[1]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
Arrested
1
Charged
1
Convicted
1
Sentenced
1
Cannabis
3.1 kg
Fine
BBD 6,000
Value (official estimate)
BBD 24,800
Agencies
Barbados Police Service; District 'A' Criminal Court No. 1
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63-year-old Jamaican Doreen Veronica King was arrested for importing about 11.3 kg of cannabis into Barbados. She pleaded guilty in the District 'B' court and was fined BDS$21,000 or 12 months in prison.
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David Ian Brathwaite walked out of Barbados' No. 5 Supreme Court in June 2023 on time served after 2 174 days on remand, while Abdool Sameer Manan was fined $50 000 over the cocaine. Both admitted trafficking 72.1 kilograms of cannabis and 50.4 kilograms of cocaine, intercepted on the pirogue Solomon 2.6 nautical miles off Maxwell in June 2017.