JOHN Beatah, a 55-year-old unemployed man, was on Friday sentenced to two months in jail for cocaine trafficking.

Beatah, of East Ruimveldt, Georgetown, appeared before Magistrate Leron Daly at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court and admitted that the 6.7 grams of cocaine he was caught with on September 27 was for recreational purposes.

According to reports, police ranks saw Beatah acting in a “suspicious” manner in the Albouys Street, Albouystown area, and when a search was conducted on him, the cocaine was found in his right side pants pocket.

Beatah, who was unrepresented, was ordered to pay a fine of $30,000, and serve two months in prison for having the illegal substance in his passion.