Jamaican woman fined over 11.3 kg cannabis in Barbados
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.
Doreen Veronica King is a 63-year-old Jamaican woman.[1]Her listed address
was #2 Wavel Ave, Kingston.[1]The Barbados Police Service Narcotics Unit
arrested and formally charged her over offences allegedly committed on 27 June
2026.[1]She was charged with possession of cannabis, possession with intent
to supply, trafficking and importation of cannabis.[1]She appeared before
Magistrate Keitha Ellis in the District ‘B’ Magistrates Court on 29 June 2026
and pleaded guilty to the offences.[1]
The court fined her BDS$21,000 forthwith.[1]In default of payment, she faces
12 months at the Barbados Prison Service at Dodds.[1]
Police said officers seized approximately 11.30 kilograms of suspected cannabis
in the case.[1]Police put the estimated street value of the seized cannabis
at BDS$90,400.[1]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
Arrested
1
Cannabis
11.3 kg
Fine
BBD 21,000
Value (official estimate)
BBD 90,400
Agency
The Barbados Police Service
Agency type
Police, Court
Cannabis
Herbal cannabis (11.3 kg)
Activity
Possession, Trafficking, Smuggling
Charges
possession of cannabis; possession with intent to supply; trafficking; importation of cannabis
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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.
Livardo Rogelio Hinds was ordered to pay $2 000 for 1.09 kilogrammes of cannabis, alongside $33 000 in fines for an unlicensed pistol and 26 rounds of ammunition, and avoided serving the rest of a three-year 339-day term after credit for 512 days on remand. Police found the cannabis and the gun together in a basket at a Glendairy Road, St Michael home on 6 July 2024.
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.