A man was charged with breaches of the Corrections and Dangerous Drugs Act on Wednesday, after he attempted to smuggle ganja into a cell at the Gun Court Remand Centre on South Camp Road in Kingston.

Reports are that about 7:30 a.m, 24-year-old Delbert Anglin of Deanery Terrace in Kingston brought several items to the remand centre in an attempt to have them handed over to an inmate.

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However, when the items were checked by the police a quantity of vegetable matter resembling ganja was found concealed in a pair of shoes. He was subsequently arrested and charged for the offences.

He is to appear before the Half-Way Tree Resident Magistrate's Court today to answer to the charges.