A 27-year-old St. Patrick resident will appear at the St. George’s Magistrate’s Court on Friday 10^th January, 2020, in connection with the seizure of 746 pounds of compressed cannabis.

Kevin Phillip, Fisherman of Levera, St. Patrick has been charged with Trafficking in a Controlled Drug and Importing a Controlled Drug.

He was apprehended after a blue fishing boat, in which he was the lone occupant, was intercepted outside the waters of Hillsborough (Carriacou) about 11:30 p.m. on Tuesday 7^th January, 2020.

Police investigations continue.