After admitting responsibility for cultivating a prohibited drug, one Modou Sanyang could now spend 36 months in jail if he defaults in paying a D50,000 court fine.

Modou Sanyang had pleaded guilty to charges of cultivating cannabis sativa in the quantity of 240g in contravention of sections 1 and 6 of the Drug Control Act as amended.

The case was chaired by magistrate Edrisa Mbai and the National Drug Enforcement Agency was represented by Director of Operations, Ousman Sanneh.