An American man was fined $2,000 after admitting to drug importation yesterday.

Daniel Dias De Faria, 26, pleaded guilty to bringing 37.45 grams of marijuana into Bermuda.

Magistrates’ Court heard that the Paterson, New Jersey resident was a passenger aboard the Norwegian Jade berthed in Dockyard.

Customs officers were on board the ship yesterday afternoon when they were alerted by ship security to a smell coming from one of the cabins.

A suitcase containing a plastic bag of plantlike material was discovered under a bed inside the cabin.

Police arrested Dias De Faria on Thursday night.

He told the court that he was not aware of the marijuana laws in Bermuda.

Dias De Faria added: “I would just like to say I’m sorry.”

Magistrate Maxanne Anderson fined Dias De Faria $2,000.

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