State to pay woman $100,000 for wrongful marijuana arrest

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September 9, 2025

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State to pay woman $100,000 for wrongful marijuana arrest

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The State has been ordered to pay over $100,000 in compensation to a woman who was prosecuted for marijuana possession as a teenager.

High Court Judge Christopher Sieuchand upheld Shakira Bachan’s wrongful arrest, false imprisonment, and malicious prosecution case in July, but only assessed the appropriate compensation that should be paid to her late last week.

The lawsuit centred around an incident which occurred on August 9, 2017, when Bachan, of Wallerfield, Arima, was 15-years-old.

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