Nov 5, 2010
Man Caught Trying To Sneak Ganja Into Jamaica
In what must be one of the most unusual drug busts in recent times, a man who swallowed 36 pellets of ganja (marijuana) and imported it to Jamaica from Trinidad, pleaded guilty to drug charges in the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday (November 3), and was sentenced to nine months in prison. The man, 28 year old Mark Maxam, a resident of Pelican Parade in Kingston 11, was also fined $6,400 and will serve an additional six months in prison if the fine is not paid.
Maxam was held at the Norman Manley International Airport on October 28, after he confessed during an interview. He was taken to the Kingston Public Hospital, where he expelled the pellets between October 28 and 31.