Convicted drug traffickers who are unable or unwilling to pay fines imposed along with their sentences are either required to spend additional time in jail or have their assets confiscated by the state through the relevant law enforcement agencies.
Often times, the fines imposed by the courts are hefty amounts.
Section 4 of the Narcotic Drug and Psychotropic Substances (Control) Act states that “any person who has in his possession any narcotic, or any substance represented or held out by him to be a narcotic, shall be liable – on summary conviction, to a fine of not less than thirty thousand dollars together or three times the market value of the narcotic, together with imprisonment for not less than three years nor more than five years”.
