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Update: Akeem Saunders convicted, fined $300 and freed.

 
voiceofreason 2018-01-16 06:58:42 

Man gone a Yard get some weed and now held up in Antigua. Bad decision Akeem...He was having a decent season averaging 32.30 including his maiden fc ton vs eventual champs Guyana in Guyana.


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JahJah 2018-01-16 07:05:59 

In reply to voiceofreason

Bringing back his personal stash brought there in the first place?

 
positiveg 2018-01-16 07:32:28 

In reply to JahJah

So you want to say he carry weed a JA?
man you woke up too early this morning no? lol

 
doosra 2018-01-16 07:53:30 

13 grams?

time fih dun dis madnis

man look like im adda few bad ones just before pic big grin

 
JOJO 2018-01-16 09:13:07 

In reply to voiceofreason

This is really ridiculous madness. You have a man in police custody for 13 grams of weed? This is not the 1970s!

 
Maispwi 2018-01-16 09:20:28 

Ah thought dese cricketers were tested for drugs

 
ponderiver 2018-01-16 09:22:35 

13 grams and get arrested !!!!!???

maybe he was planning to be a ganja farmer

the Jamaican weed is real high grade

di offisah should have given him a bligh especially after the beatdown

 
Chrissy 2018-01-16 10:21:18 

Bare BS - free di youth

 
JahJah 2018-01-16 10:27:03 

In reply to positiveg

He carry he personal stash to keep him company...instead of wandering about in Jamaica looking to score which could lead to two to di dome...ent.

He juss figet fi smoke it all up before heading back to pass through stricter customs.

 
oldcar 2018-01-16 10:34:56 

so that negates the century then

 
WestDem 2018-01-16 10:35:08 

How de rass yuh tekking 13 grams on an airplane and you are a professional athlete...I think de officer lock him up fuh stupidity!

 
voiceofreason 2018-01-16 10:35:23 

In reply to JahJah Jah joke dont make me choke... Obvious the high grade was planted in his socks by the Yardies...Lol...Seriously he could not get the weed in SK?

 
voiceofreason 2018-01-16 10:36:14 

In reply to WestDem

Like I said not just a bad but a dumb decision.

 
cricketest 2018-01-16 10:47:59 

In reply to voiceofreason

Obvious the high grade was planted in his socks by the Yardies...Lol...Seriously he could not get the weed in SK?


...exactly...good weed can be found anywhere! and 13 grams aint that much.

 
ponderiver 2018-01-16 10:50:59 

In reply to JahJah


He carry he personal stash to keep him company...instead of wandering about in Jamaica looking to score which could lead to two to di dome...ent.

He juss figet fi smoke it all up before heading back to pass through stricter customs.


you might be onto something is either that or he couldn't resist di high grade

 
Narper 2018-01-16 11:11:21 

He should come and play for canada....in 6 months it's use will be legal...as long you over 21 you can legally purchase yuh ganja....from government approved designated outlets

 
DIEHARD 2018-01-16 11:14:48 

In reply to WestDem

How de rass yuh tekking 13 grams on an airplane and you are a professional athlete...I think de officer lock him up fuh stupidity!


I think u get to de crux of de matter.

Dis worse dan X man smoking away his million US$!! lol lol

Dem police in Antigua aint have nutten to do??

13gram cyaah even build a good spliff!!!

 
voiceofreason 2018-01-16 12:35:23 

In reply to cricketest

Maybe the price? Lot of gang warfare in SK maybe carrying up the price? Scarcity on the market?

I believe the Yardies set him up...I can't prove it but I have a sneaky feeling they planted that weed in his socks. Lol. Oh btw these are the same Yardies who contrived to hide the ball when Leewards were on their way to victory in the Yard not too long ago. smile

 
Drapsey 2018-01-16 13:25:45 

In reply to DIEHARD

Dis worse dan X man smoking away his million US$!!

Wasn't there a case against the Rev Andre Fletcher?

I forgot what the 'smuggled' item was.

 
jen 2018-01-16 14:08:12 

Alcohol ah cause some much damage and it legal, and a lil piece ah weed ah get man in jail. Me don't smoke weed, never have, but time people free up the herb man. Just ban public smoking and maybe at home with little kids and I good. If people can be free to destroy they liver, why not they lungs to lol

 
Maispwi 2018-01-16 15:35:08 

In reply to jen

But weed is still on WADA's banned list so why wud he want to be smoking during competition? Or aren't cricketers tested?

 
Banner 2018-01-16 15:38:15 

What a facking eeediot. Hope dem ban him skunt.

 
camos 2018-01-16 19:10:43 

In reply to Drapsey

I forgot what the 'smuggled' item was
.

ammo.

 
camos 2018-01-16 19:11:57 

idiot police! take the weed from the boy and scold him, case done.

 
jen 2018-01-16 20:04:29 

In reply to Maispwi

Yep, but I don't think the first class cricketers get tested regularly, I gotta ask around.

 
voiceofreason 2018-01-21 10:28:46 

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camos 2018-01-21 10:38:07 

In reply to voiceofreason

all that drama and the fine is only $300 !

 
positiveg 2018-01-21 10:53:43 

In reply to camos

Yup all that drama for 13 grams and $300
You see the ridiculousness of it all
I think moreso is the fact is that he transport it regionally
Cause the PM of Antigua even made a statement two weeks ago speaking about personal use of weed

 
Narper 2018-01-21 11:00:28 

Akeem Saunders, Leeward Islands professional cricketer, has been convicted and fined $300 for importing 11 grammes of marijuana into Antigua.


The 23-year-old Kittitian player was sentenced on Thursday after spending two days on remand. When he appeared in the All Saints Magistrate’s Court , Magistrate Ngaio Emanuel ordered the defendant to pay the fine forthwith, or spend a week at Her Majesty’s Prison.


This is travesty of justice

Importing 11 g? ( BTW 28g = 1 oz)

Remand for 2 days?

this is a 23-year-old Kittitian player ....not a known drug dealer....come on man....

THE LAW IS A FCUKING ASS....LAW ENFORCEMENT PERSONELL ARE ASSHOLES

 
dayne 2018-01-21 12:53:35 

In reply to Narper

He is being made an example of.

 
mikesiva 2018-01-21 13:07:43 

In reply to Narper

Personal use is now legal in Jamaica too...you just not supposed to try to carry it through customs on to a plane.

The same standards apply in Holland.

 
Narper 2018-01-21 13:09:52 

In reply to dayne

He is being made an example of.


Yeah...to show how backward a country is and how stupid their law is....in 2018

 
Narper 2018-01-21 13:13:52 

In reply to mikesiva

The same standards apply in Holland


I did a fellowship in Holland in 1991....it was the same since then.

This year Canada is legalizing the stuff...across the board...as long as you are 19 years old and over then you will be able to purchase marijuana from any of the government approved retail outlets....

medical marijuana has been legal for some time now.

Anyway Canadians are being warned of the penalties of trying to carry marijuana across the border into US....even though many States' laws permit legal marijuana usage....it is still a Federal offence.

 
JOJO 2018-01-21 13:35:06 

In reply to dayne

He is being made an example of.


Ohhh...so why don’t they make an example of one if the tourists who routinely smoke weed on th beaches all over Antigua.

 
voiceofreason 2018-01-21 14:06:22 

In reply to positiveg

Add to that loss of earnings as he did not play in this match and was not selected for the Super50. Seriously though it was a dumb thing to do. He really expected to get that pass security and customs?

No wonder Yadi like him so much it must be the weed.

 
mikesiva 2018-01-21 14:13:58 

In reply to Narper

Two years ago, we went with my son to Amsterdam, and he found a "coffee" shop, and he indulged. I didn't partake, because I don't even smoke cigarettes.

However, they did warn my son not to try to take any of it through the airport. So, he made sure to use it all before we left Holland....

 
ducks 2018-01-21 17:50:32 

In reply to Narper

This is the type of indiscipline that should not be encouraged. He knew or should know where the wicket was and bat accordinly. He is lucky it was only $300 people has lost $m for similar stupidity.