Windies cricketer, Andre Fletcher, was fined $2,000 for possession of ammunition

Windward Island and Windies cricketer, Andre Fletcher, was fined $2,000 for possession of ammunition when he appeared before a magistrate in Wesley on Friday morning.

He was arrested at the Douglas Charles Airport on Thursday evening after the 50 rounds of .22 ammunition was found in his possession.

He was leaving Dominica, where he has been training for the past couple of days with his team, the Windward Island Volcanoes for the upcoming Caribbean Premier League (CPL), when the incident occurred.

Manager of the Volcanoes, Lockhart Sebastien, told DNO on Friday that the $2,000 fine was paid and attempts were being made to have him leave Dominica “to get some rest.”

He said Fletcher did not intend to commit any criminal acts since he was unaware the ammunition was in his carry-on luggage.

“There was no intention of criminal activities,” he said. “He did not realize he had the ammunition.”

Sebastien said the incident will not have any impact on the Volcanoes in the upcoming CPL.

“It could happen to anybody,” he stated.

-DominicaNewsOnline.co

Lucky for Fletcher he was not in a country with stricter laws regarding guns and ammunition because he would not have escaped prison time for have 50 rounds of ammunition illegally in his possession.

Quote:he was unaware the ammunition was in his carry-on luggage.

Huh?  .. seems very unlikely !!! ::yawn:: :o

Fletcher is sticking with his story that it was all just a big misunderstanding and that he thought he was in fact carrying pellets and not live rounds.

Quote: "When I obtained the package it was sealed. Having been told that the package contained air rifle pellets, without closely inspecting it further I assumed that the contents were indeed what I was told," Fletcher said. "Until it was brought to my attention at the airport, I had no inkling that the package contained live ammunition."

"I carried the package openly in my hand to and through the airport and subsequently loosely placed it in my carry-on bag as I sought to clear security at the Douglas Charles Airport in Dominica.

"During the normal inspection of my luggage, the customs officer in Dominica informed me that the items appeared to be .22 calibre live rounds and not .22 pellets. Upon further investigation of the package, it was indeed found that the contents were live .22 calibre rounds and not .22 pellets for air rifles."

http://www.espncricinfo.com/westindies/c...85141.html

He is stupid then