Fletcher says genuine error led to gun charge

Mon, Jun 8, '15

ST GEORGE’S—West Indies cricketer Andre Fletcher says the EC$2,000 (One EC dollar = US$0.37 cents) fine imposed on him by a court in Dominica for possession of ammunition was as a result of a ‘genuine misunderstanding’ on his part.

However the Grenadian wicket keeper batsman says he has accepted full responsibility following his arrest at the Douglas Charles Airport after security officials found 50 rounds of .22 ammunition in his possession.

In a widely circulated statement released this weekend, Fletcher says he had no idea that the package in his possession was actually .22 ammunition instead of .22 pellets for the registered hunting air rifle he owns.