NASSAU – A man who threw nearly three pounds of marijuana into the prison has been fined.
Cleophus Smith, 29, tossed a black bag over the perimeter wall of the Bahamas Department of Corrections on May 25.
The bag contained marijuana and four cellular phones.
However, the banned items were seized by guards patrolling the compound before the inmates could get to them.
Police linked Smith to the drugs through his fingerprints.
Smith pleaded guilty to drug possession with intent to supply before his trial began on Thursday, December 2.
He was fined $2,500 or nine months in prison.
Smith is currently on remand for the robbery of a businessman of a deposit bag containing $5,236 outside the Bank of the Bahamas on the Tonique Williams Darling Highway on September 21.
He made the smuggling attempt weeks after being released on bail for the September 15, 2019 murder of Anthony “Tutu” Wright.
Smith is charged for the June 25 murder of Shavonna “Vonya” Adderley and the attempted murder of her uncle Avery Francis at First Street, Coconut Grove.
