The Tribune

By PAVEL BAILEY

Tribune Staff Reporter

pbailey@tribunemedia.net

A teenager, who admitted to a drug offence, was fined $2,000 yesterday.

Magistrate Raquel Whyms charged Ricardo Sifort, 19, with possession of dangerous drugs with intent to supply.

Sifort was arrested in New Providence after police found him with 14 grams of marijuana.

The accused has a prior drug offence from last May when he was placed on six months probation.

After pleading guilty to his most recent offence, Sifort was ordered to pay a fine of $2,000 or risk three months in prison. The defendant is also expected to attend six months of drug counseling or risk two months in prison.

Meanwhile, a woman was granted a conditional discharge after she admitted to a separate drug offence.

Magistrate Shaka Serville charged Terrana Pyfrom, 43, with possession of dangerous drugs.

 Pyfrom was arrested in New Providence after police found her with 2 grams of marijuana on June 25.

 Following her guilty plea to the offence, Pyfrom was told that she is expected to attend drug counseling as a term of her discharge. She was also placed on a six-month probation period for which defaulting would carry a $250 fine or one month  in prison.

Pyfrom is to return to court for a report on September 25.