A New Yorker caught with cannabis on a cruise ship was fined $1,500 in Magistrates' Court yesterday.

Ann Marie Power, a 44-year-old registered nurse, pleaded guilty to importing cannabis to the Island.

Crown counsel Larissa Burgess said Powers arrived in Dockyard from New York on the Norwegian Dawn last Wednesday.

At around 10.22 a.m., Customs officers at the entrance to the ship saw Powers moving towards the exit. When she saw the officers she appeared to panic, turning around and walking away.

Cruise Chip security officers searched her room and found a hand-rolled cigarette, a grinder and a plastic bag containing plant material, later revealed to be 6.19 grams of cannabis.

Questioned by the officers, she said: "The drugs are mine. I accept full responsibility for everything."

Senior Magistrate Archibald Warner ordered the fine to be paid immediately.