$10,300 worth of cannabis have been put behind bars.

Sinclair Samuels, 25, and 26-year-old Quinton King were each jailed for two years.

Samuels protested his innocence before being sentenced last Friday by Puisne Judge the Hon. Justice Ward.

And both Devonshire men pledged their faith in God, vowing to throw themselves into useful lives once out of Casemates Prison.

Samuels, of Cedar Park, had been found guilty of importation, possession and handling the drug with intent to supply.

He was caught with 206 grams of cannabis at the Civil Air Terminal on July 12.

King, of Border Dell Lane, was found guilty of importation and handling with intent to supply.

Both men had denied the charges at their Supreme Court trial last month.

The court heard the men were visiting New York to pick up computers for King's boss.

The pair -- once friends -- tried to clear themselves of blame by incriminating the other for importing the drug.

Samuels had denied knowledge of the drug in his bag, claiming he believed King had planted it.

King confessed he knew Samuels was importing the drug, but claimed he tried to stop him.

He denied allowing Samuels use of his clothes to make the bag seem bulkier and harder to search.

Yesterday Crown Counsel Mr. Diarmuid Doorly suggested a three-year jail sentence would be suitable for both men.

But Samuels' lawyer Mr. Richard Hector questioned the appropriateness of the Crown recommending jail terms.

He stressed his client had no previous criminal conviction and he urged Justice Ward to infer the drug was to have been used by Samuels and King -- and not others, adding it had been a joint enterprise.

Mr. Timothy Marshall, for King, described it as a "tragic situation'' for the two men.

He said King had paid dearly for what had happened -- his career as a computer technician had been shattered, and he had split up with his fiance.

Mr. Marshall said a "short, sharp, shock'' -- rather than a long sentence -- would be suitable.