MARIGOT—A drug mule was sentenced to two years in jail, one of which is suspended reported the gendarmes. The unnamed suspect was caught when he attempted to transport more than a kilo of cocaine to St. Barths from St. Martin. The reports states that when the trafficker disembarked on St. Barths last Sunday he was detained after being suspected of having illicit drugs in his possession. After a search, the culprit was to have in his possession over 1 kilo of cocaine, 2 grams of cannabis and an undisclosed amount of money. A search was also conducted at the suspect’s residence, which yielded more money and 24 grams of cannabis. He was handed over to the gendarmes on St. Martin.
The gendarmes also managed to apprehend a man who slashed a youth in his face as he was riding a bicycle in Sandy Ground. According to the report the driver of a car slashed the youth in his face, witnesses called the gendarmes who later managed to apprehend the suspect. He is to appear in court sometime in December to answer charges of assault.
