A St Catherine woman who was caught by the Portmore police attempting to smuggle contraband to her husband who was in their custody was sentenced to 10 days' hard labour for her effort.

Velma Henzil told the Spanish Town Resident Magistrate's Court that she did not know that the drugs was in the pair of slippers she was giving to her husband at the lock-up.

''Your Honour, the truth is the pair of slippers was given to me by a man to be delivered to my husband, honestly, I did not know drugs was in it,'' Henzil said.

Having heard the explanation, Resident Magistrate Marcia Dunbar-Greene told the accused woman that she would be naive to believe her poor excuse. She subsequently sentenced Henzil to 10 days' hard labour, in addition to a fine of $400 for possession of one ounce of ganja.

The court learnt that on June 3 the accused went to visit her husband who was in custody at the Portmore Police Station in St Catherine. The police observed that there was something strange about the pair of slippers she brought to her jailed spouse.

After it was checked, a false compartment was found to contain tobacco, matches and ganja. She was then charged with possession of ganja and attempting to distribute contraband. She was not represented by an attorney when she appeared in court