A Kaduna-based 38-year-old woman, Felicia Raymond, has been jailed three years imprisonment for dealing in 4.5kg of marijuana.
Justice Mohammed Garba of the Federal High Court in Kaduna on Friday delivered the judgment after her guilty plea to illegal possession of substance filed against her by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDELA).
Justice Garba in his judgment also gave her an option of a N100,000 fine.
The NDLEA prosecutor, T. J. Atserhegh, earlier told the court that the woman was arrested with the substance in Unguwan Rimi area of Kaduna on Feb.13, based on information received on her activities in the area.
Atserhegh revealed that the convict was arrested with 4.5kg of marijuana, adding that the offence is punishable under Section 19 of the NDLEA Act, Cap. N30, LFN, 2004 (As Amended).
Based on her guilty plea, the prosecutor reviewed the facts of the case and also urged the court to convict and sentence her according to the prescribed law under which she was charged.
But the defence lawyer, Mr. Francis Dauda, pleaded with the court to temper justice with mercy as his client was now remorseful.
Dauda also informed the judge that the convict was a first-time offender and urged the court to consider an option of a fine instead of a custodial sentence.
