Woman pleads guilty over 4.7 kg cannabis, granted bail
Twenty-two-year-old Cherisse Romona Nanton pleaded guilty in the District ‘B’ Magistrates’ Court to possession, trafficking, intent to supply and importation of cannabis after 4.7 kg was seized. She was granted $10,000 bail with one surety and ordered to return to court on December 11, 2025.
🇧🇧 Bournes Land, Silver Sands, Christ Church · Barbados
Twenty-two-year-old Cherisse Romona Nanton of Bournes Land, Silver Sands, Christ
Church and Baxters Road, St Michael pleaded guilty to multiple cannabis-related
offences in the District ‘B’ Magistrates’ Court.[1]Nanton was charged by the
Barbados Police Service Narcotics Unit for offences committed on December 6.[1]She appeared before Magistrate Douglas Frederick on Monday.[1]
The charges were possession of cannabis, trafficking of cannabis, intent to
supply cannabis and importation of cannabis.[1]Police said the suspected
cannabis seized weighed 4.7 kilograms, with an estimated street value of
$37,600.[1]
Nanton was granted $10,000bail with one surety and is scheduled to return to
court on Thursday, December 11, 2025.[1]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
Charged
1
Cannabis
4.7 kg
Value (official estimate)
BBD 37,600
Agency
Barbados Police Service Narcotics Unit
Agency type
Police, Court
Cannabis
Herbal cannabis (4.7 kg)
Activity
Possession, Trafficking, Smuggling
Charges
possession of cannabis; trafficking of cannabis; intent to supply cannabis; importation of cannabis
The court appearance on Monday is recorded as December 8, 2025, inferred from the December 9 publication date; the charged offences were committed on December 6.
Dollar amounts are recorded as Barbadian dollars, as is standard in Barbados reporting, though the article writes only $37,600 and $10,000.
The article does not describe where or how the 4.7 kg of suspected cannabis was found or seized.
Whether the $10,000 bail was posted and what sentence follows the guilty plea is not yet reported; Nanton is due back in court on December 11, 2025.
Only one outlet account of this case has been opened so far.
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