Small cannabis find lands teen three-year stretch

A teenager was handed a three-year jail term and ordered to pay a €500 fine for importing 200g of cannabis

3 October 2016, 1:50pm
by Matthew Agius

1 min read

After taking into account several factors, the court felt that a custodial sentence was merited

A Gambian teenager has been jailed and fined by a court after he admitted to importing 200g of cannabis.

19-year-old Sheriffo Kinteh, who holds an Italian ID card, was arrested after the drugs were found on his arrival on the catamaran from Sicily on 1 October. Magistrate Doreen Clarke was told that the drugs were found in circumstances denoting that they were not intended for his personal use.

The court, after taking into account several factors, balanced against Kinteh's clean police conduct felt that a custodial sentence was merited. The Gambian was handed a three-year jail term and ordered to pay a €500 fine.

Inspector Jonathan Cassar prosecuted. Lawyer Mark Mifsud Cutajar was defence counsel.

Matthew Agius is Senior Reporter on Law and Court Affairs at MaltaToday. He is also a Leg...