Canadian visitors admit to importing drugs

Two Canadian visitors who pleaded guilty to importing marijuana into Barbados have been remanded to HMP Dodds.

Eighteen-year-old Janella Christy Milord Ashford and 20-year-old Marc Dawins Cimeus, both of Ottawa, also pleaded guilty to possession, possession with intent to supply and trafficking of the illicit substance.

The duo was caught on January 13 when they arrived at the Grantley Adams International Airport.

The two will reappear before Magistrate Laurie-Ann Smith-Bovell in the District ‘B’ Magistrates’ Court on January 29.