Popcaan prosecuted under Road Traffic Act

Dancehall superstar André Sutherland, more popularly known as Popcaan, is to answer to multiple breaches of the Road Traffic Act following an encounter with the St Thomas police on Sunday afternoon.

Reports are that the police, acting on information, intercepted Popcaan, who was reportedly travelling with his entourage in a nine vehicle convoy in a section of Bath.

Following police checks, the entertainer was found to be in violation of several aspects of the Road Traffic Act, including driving an unlicensed motorcycle, driving without insurance coverage, having no valid certificate of fitness, having no registration plate affixed, driving without a helmet and driving with no side-view mirror.

Sutherland, who failed to produce a driver’s licence, was summoned to appear before the Yallahs Traffic Court on June 3, 2021.

In the meantime, a man travelling as a part of the entourage was arrested and charged for having an offensive weapon.

He has been identified as 39-year-old Andre Harrison of Bachelors Hall in the parish.

Harrison was offered $20,000 station bail and is to appear before the St Thomas Parish Court on June 3.

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