TERRENCE Waldron, of Caracas Village, Vryheid, West Canje, was sentenced to three years imprisonment yesterday for  cultivating cannabis sativa (marijuana).
He appeared before Magistrate Krishendat Persaud, at Whim Court, Corentyne, on a joint charge with Anthony Thompson, who pleaded not guilty to the charge and was remanded to prison pending trial at New Amsterdam Court, also in Berbice, on September 12.
Police, after receiving information, swooped upon a fenced yard on August 26 and found Waldron with eight of the prohibited plants, about two feet in height, being cultivated in a pot.
In addition to the jail term, Waldron was fined $10,000 with the alternative of three more months in prison.