American Journalist Busted at P.G.I.A. with Marijuana

Today, an American national is enjoying his vacation in Belize with lighter pockets after being busted for entering the country with marijuana. He is forty-nine-year-old Roderick Boone, who was caught with twenty-two grams of Class B cannabis on Thursday. Reports are that Boone arrived at the Phillip Goldson International Airport on a flight from North Carolina when a customs officer allegedly smelled a strong odor from Boone’s person. The officer asked him if he had anything to declare, and Boone allegedly admitted to having weed on his person for medical uses, which he handed over to the officer. Upon weighing the contents of the bag, it was discovered to be above the legal limit. Boone was charged with importation of a controlled drug. He appeared unrepresented in court today and while he pleaded guilty to the crime, he maintained that he was sure the contents of the bag were only about thirteen grams and attributed the rest of the weight to the bag itself. Boone was told that the charge typically carries a fine of three thousand dollars or a three-year prison sentence. However, due to his early guilty, plea, he was given a one third deduction of the fine. Boone has until next week Wednesday to pay the fine.