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Drug pipe found in bike helmet

Junior Harold Glasgow, 40, of Deep Bay Lane, Pembroke, told the court that he borrowed the cycle he was riding, as well as the helmet, and did not know the pipe was inside.

inside his crash helmet.

Junior Harold Glasgow, 40, of Deep Bay Lane, Pembroke, told the court that he borrowed the cycle he was riding, as well as the helmet, and did not know the pipe was inside. But he pleaded guilty to possessing the pipe, which is banned under the Misuse of Drugs Act.

Sgt. Donald Grant, the Police prosecutor, said officers were searching derelict buildings for trespassers in the Loyal Hill, Devonshire, area when Glasgow arrived on a motorcycle.

Officers questioned Glasgow on another matter, then began to search him. When his crash helmet was removed, "a home-made pipe fell to the ground,'' Sgt.

Grant said.

Later analysis showed traces of cocaine in the pipe, he said.

Sgt. Grant said Glasgow had two earlier convictions for similar offences.

Glasgow told Mrs. Mapp he is now off drugs. "It won't happen again,'' he said.

"I wouldn't borrow any more bikes, if I was you,'' Mrs. Mapp told him. "You don't know what comes with it.'' VISITOR FINED FOR CANNABIS OFFENCE CTS Visitor fined for cannabis offence A 43-year-old American man was fined $300 by Senior Magistrate the Wor. Will Francis for possession of cannabis and drug equipment.

Richard Bruce Olsen was found with a home-made cigarette containing plant material, one zip-lock bag containing plant material and two packages of cigarette papers when he was searched by Customs officers at the Civil Air Terminal last Wednesday.

Olsen, who was making his first visit to Bermuda, pleaded guilty to the offences. He was fined $200 for carrying the cannabis and $100 for possessing the papers.

DRUNK DRIVER GETS THREE-YEAR BAN CTS Drunk driver gets three-year ban A second conviction for impaired driving led to a three-year road ban for a Sandys man.

Gladwyn Eugene Bean, 32, of Cochrane Road, admitted to driving while impaired on North Shore Road on December 14.

Sgt. Donald Grant, the Police prosecutor, said officers spotted Bean's blue Mitsubishi weaving from side to side and crossing the centre line. Bean "once came close to hitting a wall,'' Sgt. Grant said.

Bean was taken to Hamilton Police Station, where he gave breath samples to Police. The lowest reading was 200 milligrams of alcohol in 100 millilitres of blood. The legal limit is 80. Bean had an earlier conviction for a similar offence, Sgt. Grant told the court.

"Are you waiting to be third time unlucky, Mr. Bean?'' asked Magistrate the Wor. Cheryl Ann Mapp. "What's it going to take for you to stop drinking and driving? Do you have to kill somebody, or are you going to kill yourself in the process?'' Mrs. Mapp handed Bean a $500 fine and banned him from the road for three years.

"Is there any chance I'd be able to ride an auxiliary cycle, just to get to work?'' Bean asked.

"No sir, I'm afraid not,'' Mrs. Mapp said. "This is your second offence for impaired driving within two years. All I can say is congratulations for making it to court and not killing somebody.'' TEENAGERS MUST SERVE COMMUNITY CTS Teenagers must serve community Two St. George's teenagers who pleaded guilty to theft were each sentenced to 180 hours of community service.

William Pitt and Dimitri Robinson, both of Barrack Close, were given 120 hours for the theft of merchandise from Cassandra Wales and a further 60 hours for stealing from Patricia Benowitz. Both offences took place in St. George's on July 3, 1994.

Pitt, 18, and Robinson, 17, were said by the Wor. Cheryl-Ann Mapp to have had a lengthy history of court appearances.

"I will have no patience for you after this,'' Mrs. Mapp told the youths.

"You cannot rely on your parents to keep coming to your aid and bailing you out. It's up to you to sort yourselves out.'' The teenagers' service will be monitored by Probation Services.