Rose Hall hire car driver sentenced to three years for cannabis

A 24-year-old Rose Hall Town hire car driver was yesterday sentenced to three years imprisonment and fined $61,200 for possession of cannabis when he, along with his father and brother, appeared at the Albion Magistrate Court.

George Mc Lennon, 58, Ishmile Mc Lennon, 24, Salim Ally, 18, all unrepresented and of Lot 163 Second Street, Swamp Section, Rose Hall Town appeared before Magistrate Renita Singh. The charge read that on November 2 the men had in their possession 102 grams of cannabis for the purpose of trafficking.

Police Prosecutor, Leon Robertson, told the court that last Thursday police placed the three men in custody after a search was conducted on their residence and a black plastic bag containing the cannabis was discovered in a barrel. The men were taken to the Rose Hall Outpost where they were told of the offence and placed in the lock up.