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**European** » 2011-07-06 20:19

You have big fines in Antigua. In my country in Europe you usually get like 80 EC for possession.

**little league** » 2010-12-08 19:20

in antigua we need to see patrol cars on our high way stopping cars that are committing offences some of those cars have in illegal firearms contrabands.
our streets are fill with to much guns the police need to be out there to see whats going on stop having those traffic wardens making a fool of themself and getting those vehicles not to carry children to and from schoolbut patrol as soon as u see those suspicious cars and person you should stop and ask them question u will find what u want.

**OUTOFANTIGUA** » 2010-12-08 05:32

MR. MAGISTRATE IF THIS CRIMINAL HAVE THAT VALUME OF COCHANE 4.5LBS THEN 20Ks IS AN INSULT TO THE PEOPLE OF COUNTRY AND AN INSULT TO THE POLICE FOR THEIR HARD WORK WHY SHOULD THEY PUT ALL THIE TIME INTO INVESTIGATION OF DRUG DEALERS AND THE COURT PAT THEM ON THE WRIST 20.000 EC DOLLARS ,MY THATS ONLY 8.000 US DOLLARS THATS A SIN.SHAME ON YOU MR. MAGISTRATE.

**Yogi** » 2010-12-08 03:01

There is no money to squander in jail time.

The seemingly intelligent thing to have do over the years would have been to take fines charged and beef up the penal system; jails, jail officers, police stations, police officers, vehicles, help start community watches… With the crime rate increase in the past 15 years or so, our criminals foreign and domestic would have completely rehabilitated the method by which the streets of Antigua are policed.

But. There is no money to squander once spent on the community.

**Antiguan Abroad** » 2010-12-07 23:47

Does anyone ever get jail time in Antigua for drug possession and/or trafficking? Doesn't seem so. It's probably one of the best locations on earth for a drug dealer to be caught. Contrast Antigua's penal system with Singapore and several other southeast Asian countries, where I believe punishments include the death penalty for relatively small amounts of drug posssession. In New York, long jail sentences were routinely imposed under the "Rockefeller laws", which were criticized by some as being overly harsh. While there has been a growing push in the US to legalize certain drugs, including marijuana, drug-related crimes (particularly trafficking) are still serious offences that incur harsh penalties. But in Antigua, these offences require little more than a "desk appearance" before a magistrate where one pays a relatively small fine and goes home.

**my way of helping** » 2010-12-07 23:03

I agree and have hit your plus **on.

**my way of helping** » 2010-12-07 22:19

Now the computer crimes should be easy to solve, what will they do with the computer? selling them or shipping them will result in apprehension if proper police work is carried out. The guy selling or giving away laptops.

**Wallshark** » 2010-12-07 22:13

So another one of our Magistrates get's it wrong again. The police catch a dealer with 4.75 lbs of cocaine, with an obvious intent to litter our community with it, and the judge decides to lower the fine to a measly $20,000... and the criminal gets off without any jail time.

Look up an American "street value" calculator on how much 4.75lbs of cocaine is worth. It will blow your mind. Even the initial fine of $60,000 was low considering the value of "goods" he was caught with. To lower it to $20,000 and no jail time is an abuse of power and at the very least neglect of their duties as a magistrate to ensure the safety of the rest of us that are struggling and working hard to provide for our families.

Our Island is never going to get any better as long as the leaders in our justice system provide such leniency to the most serious of offenders. This wasn't a case of a little "weed" for personal use. It was the possession of one of the most dangerous and addictive drugs known.

If we can't count on our court system to execute justice then get ready for yet another year of high crime and violence.

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