Deon Maurice Knight’s lust for financial gain led him to lose $20 000 – his fine for trafficking almost 400 kilogrammes of cannabis 16 years ago.His partner in the crime, Dave Ricardo Fenty, was slapped with a heavier fine of $25 000 when the duo appeared for sentencing in the No. 4 Supreme Court on Friday.Knight, a labourer of Glenburnie, St John, and Fenty, a Durants Village, St James carpenter were ordered by Justice Laurie-Anne Smith-Bovell to pay $5 000 each immediately and to settle their balances by the end of August next year.A jury had unanimously found the two men guilty of possession and trafficking 392.5 kilogrammes of cannabis on May 21, 2008.Narcotics Division police were surveilling Phyllis Beach at Glenburnie, St John after receiving information about a drug landing in the area, the court heard. Around 10:30 p.m. officers headed towards the sound of a boat and saw several men in a field near the beach carrying bulky packages. Spotting their lights on the men, they saw Fenty holding a plastic bag in his right hand. He dropped the bag and along with the other men ran into bushes. Gunfire then erupted from the spot, causing the officers to seek cover as the men escaped. The police then retrieved the bags of cannabis.
