Waterford man sentenced over 36 g cannabis and curfew breach
Ramon Akeem Doyle pleaded guilty after police recovered cannabis he discarded near the Botanical Gardens and found five plants at his Waterford home on May 8, 2020. He was bonded on the trafficking charge, reprimanded on the other drug counts and fined $2,500 for breaching the COVID-19 curfew.
🇧🇧 National Botanical Gardens, Waterford, St Michael · Barbados
Police on patrol saw a young man in the area of the National Botanical Gardens
in Waterford, St Michael.[1]Twenty-five-year-old Ramon Akeem Doyle, a
labourer from Leinster Road, Waterford, spotted the officers and tossed a
package into a grassy area.[1]Officers stopped Doyle, retrieved the package,
found it contained cannabis and charged him with possession.[1]He was also
charged with contravening Paragraph 1 of the Emergency Management COVID-19
Curfew No. 4 Directive for being outdoors on May 8 around 5:15 p.m. without
reasonable explanation.[1]
After police executed a search warrant at his residence and found five plants,
Doyle was charged with possession, possession with intent to supply and
possession of a trafficable quantity.[1]Sergeant Theodore McClean said the
drug weighed 36.37 grammes, with an estimated value of $181.[1]Doyle pleaded
guilty to all the charges before Chief Magistrate Ian Weekes.[1]He first told
the District D Magistrates Court he did not want to waste its time, then said he
worked picking coconuts.[1]
On the drug trafficking charge he was placed on a bond to keep the peace and be
of good behaviour for six months, breachable by a $1,000 fine or six months in
prison.[1]He was reprimanded and discharged on all the other drug offences.[1]For breaking the curfew he was given 16 weeks to pay a $2,500 fine or spend
three months in prison.[1]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
Charged
1
Plants destroyed
5
Cannabis
36.37 g
Fine
BBD 2,500
Value (official estimate)
BBD 181
Cannabis
Herbal cannabis (36.37 g); Living plants (5 plants)
Activity
Possession, Trafficking
Setting
Home, Street or public place
Charges
contravening Paragraph 1 of the Emergency Management COVID-19 Curfew No. 4 Directive; possession; possession of a trafficable quantity; possession with intent to supply
The exact hearing and sentencing date is not given beyond 'recently' before the May 14, 2020 publication; the report is dated at the May 8 offence and arrest date.
Dollar amounts are reported as $ and are taken to be Barbados dollars.
It is unclear whether the reported 36.37 grammes includes the five plants or only the packaged cannabis.
The page carries a single image labelled only 'Doyle', with no caption tying it to the seizure, so no event photo is listed.
Only one accessible source for this event was found.
A 51-year-old American woman was arrested for importing 3.3 kg of cannabis worth BDS$52,800 on 13 October 2026. She pleaded guilty to importation, possession, trafficking and intent to supply at the District 'B' court on 14 October and was fined BDS$13,000 forthwith or nine months in prison.
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.
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.