A 19-year-old man who concealed ganja in his back pocket while he attended court to answer to a ganja charge, was sentenced for two separate incidents of ganja possession yesterday.

Charged with possession of ganja is Daniel Smith.

At least an hour after Smith was taken into custody by police officers to serve 30 days imprisonment, a small quantity of ganja was found in his possession.

One of the officers who returned Smith to face the Resident Magistrate explained to the court that he smelt the drug in the cell and after doing a search, found the ganja in Smith's back pocket.

A nervous Smith initially denied having the ganja as he faced Resident Magistrate Judith Pusey for the second time that day.

He later admitted to having the ganja after RM Pusey sternly asked him whose pocket the ganja was found in, and who placed it there. Smith later commented, "a me put it dere yuh Honour."