Police arrest two high-profile snowboarders in possesion of "not an insignificant amount" of marijuana
August 4, 2009, 3:16 AM
By: Tracy Anderson
Update, August 21:
As reported by the Otago Daily Times, the two U.S. snowboarders charged with possession of marijuana in Wanaka, New Zealand, have successfully completed a process called police diversion with the Queenstown District Court. The diversion is available to first time offenders who meet certain criteria and agree to pay an amount of money to a charity. As part of the agreement, the names of those charged, as well as the amount and to what charity the money is given, are suppressed by the courts.
As reported by The Southland Times, a newspaper out of Queenstown, New Zealand, "Two high-profile United States snowboarders, one understood to be a Winter Olympics double medalist, will appear in court next week charged with possessing cannabis."
The Wanaka police department, who stopped the snowboarders for a random roadside breath test, did not release the names of the snowboarders, only their ages: 26 and 21. They also disclosed that the pair allegedly had in their car "not an insignificant amount" of marijuana.
The paper also states that "The 26-year-old man has been called an influential snowboarder, while the younger man, who has visited New Zealand before, is vying to represent the U.S. at the Winter Olympics in Vancouver next year."
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