A four-year sentence was on Thursday handed down to an Alberttown man who was in December, 2017 found with 125 pounds of ganja.
It was alleged that Tishan Haywood, on December 6, 2017, at Alberttown, had in his possession 56.7 kilos (equivalent to 125 pounds) of cannabis for trafficking.
Haywood, who was on trial before Magistrate Leron Daly, learnt his fate on Thursday after the magistrate found him guilty of the crime.
He was later sentenced to four years in jail.
According to facts previously presented to the court, Haywood was under police surveillance and was seen by ranks on the day of the incident, along with another person, taking bags from a car to a structure under a house.
The court heard that a search was conducted and the police found a bag in a chicken pen, containing a quantity of leaves, seeds and stems, suspected to be cannabis.
