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Man arrested at airport for alleged possession of pot, seeds
Division of Customs Service inspectors arrested over the weekend a 27-year-old man who was allegedly found in possession of three marijuana sticks and 46 marijuana seeds at the Francisco C. Ada/Saipan International Airport.
Dexter Alan Woodruff was served with an arrest warrant in As Lito on charges of importation of contraband and possession of controlled substance.
Importation of a controlled substance—even for marijuana—carries a maximum penalty of five years in prison with two years minimum mandatory without parole or probation, Saipan Tribune learned.
Woodruff’s bail was set at $5,000 cash. Preliminary hearing will be on Sept. 23 at 1:30pm.
The Office of the Public Defender was appointed as counsel for the defendant. Assistant attorney general Clayton Graef appeared for the government.
Customs inspector Maynard Reyes stated in his report that a Customs officer and a detector dog handler performed a random inspection on Woodruff in the arrival area of the airport on Sept. 8, 2014, at 8:20am.
Reyes said that Woodruff, who was a passenger on Cape Air Flight 5071 from Guam, admitted to a Customs officer and detector dog handler that he had in his possession marijuana seeds inside a Krazy glue container inside his waist pouch.
An examination of the Krazy glue container allegedly confirmed what appeared to be marijuana seeds.
Reyes said that upon further inspection of the waist pouch, the detector dog handler found three marijuana sticks (green leafy substance) hidden inside a pack of cigarettes.
On the same day, a test conducted by a Drug Enforcement Administration Task Force officer on the green leafy substance yielded a positive result for marijuana.
The officer counted a total of 46 marijuana seeds recovered from the defendant.
At a bail modification hearing yesterday afternoon, assistant public defender Matthew Meyer appeared as counsel for Woodruff.
Woodruff’s father, lawyer Steve Woodruff, came as the proposed third-party custodian.
Superior Court Associate Judge Joseph N. Camacho, however, denied Steve Woodruff as third-party custodian for his son due to his lack of credibility from his recent disbarment.
Steve Woodruff is among the candidates for a Senate seat on Saipan.
