Caribbean360: Regional cricketers on ganja charge

Regional cricketers on ganja charge
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Chris Hoyos on 14/03/2011 10:31:00
 
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, Monday March 14, 2011 – Trinidad and Tobago batsman
Runako Morton and Leeward Islands batsman Tonito Willet, and two female
companions, will appear in court this morning charged with marijuana possession.
The two were arrested in the early hours of Saturday morning when the car Morton
was driving was stopped by patrolling police and the drugs found.
According to police, officers on mobile patrol in Morvant around 1:30 am stopped
and searched the vehicle after seeing the driver acting in a suspicious manner.
The lawmen found 470 grammes of marijuana, estimated to be worth at least
TT$6,000 (US$940) in a plastic bag in the centre console between the driver and
passenger seats.
As a result Morton, 32 and 27-year-old Willet, along with Nicole Brunche, 37 and
Marsha Bob-Semple, 25 who were in the car with them, were taken into police
custody and subsequently charged.
Morton was born in Nevis but married a Trinidadian woman and has citizenship in
the twin-island republic.
At the time that he and fellow Nevis-born Willet were out, they should have been
at the Cascadia Hotel where their teams were staying as they participated in the
West Indies Cricket Board’s Regional Four Day Tournament Round Five match
between Trinidad and Tobago and the Leeward Islands.
Following their arrests, it was announced that Morton and Willet would no longer
participate in the tournament.
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