Darrel John, who faced a charge of possession of ecstasy, yesterday had the matter dismissed by a city magistrate.
John was on trial before Magistrate Leron Daly.
The charge against him alleged that he had in his possession two grammes of ecstasy pills.
Delivering her ruling yesterday, Magistrate Daly found that there was insufficient evidence led by the prosecution to prove that the defendant had the drug or that it was indeed a narcotic.
Upon these grounds, the charge was dismissed.
This ruling came days after the Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU) prosecutor Narissa Leander was ordered to report on the amphetamine content of the ecstasy pills. Magistrate Daly had justified this request by saying that while ecstasy does not fall under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (Control) Act, in the evidence presented by an analyst during the trial, it was noted that ecstasy contains amphetamine along with other substances. She had then informed the court that the question which should be asked was the amount of amphetamine at the base of the pills and how much amphetamine would make up the two grammes of the ecstasy pills that John allegedly had in his possession.
The accused was represented by attorney George Thomas.
John remains before the court on another drug related matter.
