On Monday, March 3, 2014, Ricardo Anatole of Blackstars, Morne Du Don appeared before the First District Court in Castries to answer to the charges of possession of an unlicensed firearm, possession of ammunition and possession of a controlled drug.
Anatole pleaded guilty to all the charges and was fined a total of $5000 each on the firearm and ammunition offences and $500 on the drug offence. From the total amount fined of $10,500, he was ordered to pay $4000 forthwith and the remainder to be paid by a given date.
Anatole along with a 15-year-old student was arrested on Friday, February 28, 2014, after a search warrant was executed on a residence at Blackstars, Morne Du Don.
The student was released without being charged.