Jamaicans get up to 20 years for ganja in Cuba
November 22, 2005
A CUBAN court sentenced three Jamaican men caught smuggling 1,340 pounds (610kg) of marijuana to prison terms of up to 20 years, the ruling Communist Party newspaper Granma reported on Saturday.
Rudolph Allen Black, Malson Campbell and Robert Wallace were arrested last November after their speedboat ran out of fuel and drifted near a cay off Cuba's north-eastern coast.
MARIJUANA THROWN OVERBOARD
Cuban officials said the men had thrown the bales of marijuana overboard.
The drugs were recovered and later incinerated by Cuban officials.
Campbell was sentenced to 20 years in prison, Black to 18 years and Wallace 17 years, Granma reported....
Author: Havana (Reuters)
Source: Jamaica Gleaner
