Two men from Virgin Gorda and two from Tortola were arrested and charged over different marijuana-related offences allegedly committed in August 2017.[1] Police named them as Kael Mandoza Palancares, 29-year-old Adrian Blackman, 24-year-old Kadeem O’Neal and 30-year-old Carey Dore.[1] Blackman, a resident of Spooner’s Estate on Tortola, also faced non-marijuana charges.[1] He was arrested and charged on 24 August with unlawful possession of marijuana with intent to supply, driving without a driver’s license and driving a motor vehicle with tinted windows.[1]
Blackman was granted $10,000 police bail with one surety to appear in the Magistrate’s Court on 6 October.[1] Palancares, a resident of Joe’s Hill on Tortola, was arrested and charged on 17 August.[1] He was due to appear in the Magistrate’s Court on 29 September to answer charges of unlawful possession of marijuana, failing to comply with the traffic light and driving without driver’s license.[1] He was granted $7,500 bail signed by his surety for his appearance at the Magistrate’s Court.[1] O’Neal, a resident of Valley in Virgin Gorda, was charged with unlawful possession of a controlled drug.[1] He was arrested and charged on 20 August and granted $10,000 police bail with signed surety to appear before the Magistrate’s Court on 13 October.[1]
Dore, who resides at the Valley on Virgin Gorda, was granted $10,000 bail with one signed surety to appear before the Magistrate’s Court on 3 October.[1] He was charged with unlawful possession of a controlled drug on 20 August.[1] The Royal Virgin Islands Police Force published the cases in arrest blotters that gave no details of the allegations.[1]
