TRINIDAD-Olympian was released on bail after being charged with gun and drug charges.

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ORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC -Olympian Njisane Phillip will return to court on April 24 after he was granted TT$300,000 (One TT dollar=US$ 0.16 cents) bail on firearm and drug-related charges.

Phillip, 31, appeared virtually before Senior Magistrate Armina Deonarinesingh in the San Fernando Court on three charges, including possession of a firearm, ammunition, and marijuana.

He was ordered to surrender his Trinidad and Tobago and United States passports and report to a police station every Wednesday.

Phillip, a two-time Olympic cyclist, was arrested Saturday evening after police pulled over his vehicle for allegedly speeding along the Solomon Hochoy Highway. Media reports said that while the police were questioning him, the officers got a strong scent of marijuana coming from his vehicle.

The officers searched the vehicle and allegedly found 62 grams of marijuana and a firearm with a magazine containing four rounds of 9 mm ammunition.

He was arrested and later charged.

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