A Jamaican man on vacation in London, England was on Tuesday granted bail following his arrest the day before on a charge of possession of crack/cocaine.

The man, Ian Grey, 33, of Kingston, was arrested after the contraband was found hidden in the spare tyre compartment of the vehicle he was driving. British police put the value of the illegal drugs at £7,500. When he appeared before the courts on Tuesday, Grey, who arrived in England on March 20, was granted bail in the sum of £150,000. On Monday, Grey was pulled over by a police patrol in an area known for the sale of the drug in the depressed Hounslow Borough In London.

Police said he was arrested after it was discovered that he was driving the blue BMW motor car without a British driver's licence.

"The vehicle was searched and the parcel containing the drugs was allegedly found stashed underneath the spare tyre," Melody Green of Pride Magazine in London told the Observer.

If convicted, Grey, who is to re-appear in court on April, 17, could be sentenced to a minimum of seven years, half of which he will spend in the British prison before being deported to Jamaica to finish his sentence.
He was scheduled to return to Jamaica in May.