NASSAU-A teenager told police that he found marijuana while walking through a park.
Police stopped Perez Collie, 19, around 9:50am on June 20 at Commonwealth Boulevard and Antigua Street.
When they searched his bag, they found 22 drug-filled foil packets, totaling 1 ½ ounces, in his bag.
He claimed he had found bag and the drugs on the park in Elizabeth Estates but admitted he was planning to smoke it.
At a court appearance today, Collie admitted to possession of marijuana with intent to supply.
He didn’t have a lawyer and told Deputy Chief Magistrate Andrew Forbes he had been smoking since he was in the eighth grade.
Collie said he was headed home when he saw the bag and checked it out of curiosity and decided to keep the drugs for himself.
Collie said that he doesn’t have a job at the moment and someday hoped to become a marine biologist.
The magistrate told Collie that he wanted him to succeed and that a conviction would derail his ambitions.
As a result, Magistrate Forbes gave Collie a chance to keep a clean record.
He has to undergo drug counselling and testing for 12 months. If Collie fails or drops out of the programme, he’ll be jailed for four months.
