when he was stopped by Police.

Wilfredo Gapaz, 37, of Wellington Street, was stopped while driving on Trimingham Hill close to the South Road roundabout, in Paget.

Prosecuting Insp. Peter Duffy said that Police stopped Gapaz's car and said that they believe his driving was impaired by alcohol or drugs.

Gapaz admitted refusing to give an alcohol sample to the officers but denied impaired driving.

He was fined $350 and disqualified from driving for a year.

COCAINE WAS ALMOST PURE CTS Cocaine was almost pure Even when he was fleeing Police a 38-year-old Warwick man refused to dispose of his cocaine.

Prosecuting Insp. Peter Duffy said that Clifton Frederick Weller, of Marl Lane, was seen by Police on his auxiliary cycle on Tribe Road.

The officers believed Weller and another man were involved in a drug deal and gave chase as he rode away.

Insp. Duffy said: "He was seen to place something in his left sock. Police forced him to stop and searched him.'' They found a brown paper twist containing 0.15 grams of freebase cocaine, which was 93 percent pure.

Unemployed Weller was fined $500 by Magistrate, the Wor. John Judge.

FINED FOR `WEED' CTS Fined for `Weed' Police were not fooled when John Dwayon Darrell tried to hide a twist of weed in a bush.

They charged him with possession and he was fined in Magistrates' Court this week.

Prosecutor Sgt. Kenneth James said Darrell, 19, of Horseshoe Road, Southampton, was stopped on his bike in Warwick on another matter.

While questioning him they saw him reach into his pocket and drop an object into a bush.

They found it was a plastic twist, and Darrell told them: "It's weed''.

Darrell admitted having 1.46 grams of cannabis on October 24 and was fined $150.

DRIVER WAS UNDER `STRESS' CTS Driver was under `stress' A man who admitted driving his cycle in a dangerous manner while impaired and without a licence said in Magistrates' Court he was "under stress'' at the time due to a death in the family.

"Carry on like this, and you might be joining them,'' Magistrate the Wor.

Cheryl-Ann Mapp told Brenton Robinson of Pembroke.

Insp. Peter Duffy, prosecuting, said the Friswell's Hill resident was seen by Police traveling at "substantial speeds'' along Palmetto Road, Devonshire, at 11.45 p.m. on November 11.

The officers signalled him to pull over using their blue lights, but Robinson increased his speed and turned off his lights.

During the chase, he doubled back, and Police lost sight of him near the Devonshire-Pembroke border.

At 12.10 a.m., Robinson was seen again, driving from Montpelier Road onto Frog Lane in Devonshire.

As before, he sped off and turned off his lights when he was signalled to stop.

Robinson turned onto the "south side track'' of the Devonshire Recreation Club, threw down the cycle and began to run away, but he stumbled on the uneven surface of the ground and was apprehended.

The officers noticed the smell of alcohol on Robinson, but the cyclist refused to give a sample of breath for analysis.

Mrs. Mapp advised the 32-year-old to find some other way to alleviate stress.

Robinson was fined a total of $750 for the offences and disqualified from driving all motor vehicles for one year.