A British national who had four ounces of ganja in his jeans pocket at the Norman Manley International Airport recently was sentenced to three months' imprisonment at hard labour in the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate's Court on Tuesday.

Linton Francis, 50, pleaded guilty to the charges of possession, dealing in and taking steps to export ganja.

Allegations are that Francis, who told the court that he works in the dry-cleaning business, had his luggage checked and seven parcels of ganja were found in six different jeans pants.

Francis, who was about to board a flight to London, was arrested and subsequently charged.

He was sentenced to three months in prison at hard labour for possession of ganja and three months in prison at hard labour for taking steps to export ganja.

The sentences are to run concurrently.