Fine for crack cocaine possession
Updated: Jun 13, 2011 09:02 AM
A 35-year-old Southampton man caught with crack cocaine has been fined in Magistrates’ Court.Tio Smith, of Scenic Heights Road, was searched by police on the night of February 26, after officers on patrol at the Southampton Rangers Club noticed him glancing nervously in their direction.Three twists containing a rocklike substance were found on his person. Asked what it was, Smith told police: “Crack.”He was arrested and taken to Somerset Police Station. The drugs were later found to contain 0.8 grams of cocaine.Senior Magistrate Archibald Warner fined Smith $1,000, with one month to pay.