A medical doctor was fined $14,000 after pleading guilty to possession of dangerous drugs including Mushrooms, Ecstasy and Ketamine.
Police say the 29-year-old from Diamond Village San Fernando, was arrested on Tuesday after police searched a vehicle, parked along the main road in Valencia.
The TTPS says officers found a black drawstring tote bag containing two transparent plastic packets containing a powder-like substance, a larger transparent plastic packet containing six smaller transparent plastic packets each containing a brown translucent, solid substance, a transparent plastic packet containing dried plant-like material resembling that of dried mushrooms, and a transparent, square plastic container containing similar plant material.
The driver allegedly told police that the items – 1.6 grams of ketamine, 1.7 grams of ecstasy and 5.3 grams of ‘shrooms’ – were for his recreational use.
Magistrate Cheron Raphael fined Andell Jaggernath $6,000 on a charge of Possession of Psilocybine commonly called Mushrooms for the Purposes of Trafficking; $4,500 on a charge of Possession of Ecstasy charge; and $3,500 on a charge of Possession of Ketamine.
He has six months to pay the fine or serve nine months in prison with hard labour.
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