Ganja courier pleads for mercy, jailed for three years

A young man who agreed to courier ganja into the interior yesterday found himself begging for mercy before being told that he would imprisoned for three years.

Jermaine Dowridge, 19, was also fined $30,000 after he pleaded guilty to a charge of having 295 grammes of cannabis in his possession for the purpose of trafficking.

“My Worship, I am begging for mercy. A man ask me to drop the bag and he said he will