A woman who smuggled $22,000 of cannabis into Bermuda for her boyfriend was released from prison five months early as a reward for helping prosecutors.Kezia DeSilva, 23, from Pembroke, was jailed for nine months on December 3, 2010 for possessing cannabis with intent to supply.She was lined up to be a prosecution witness in the case against her co-accused, Jason Fox, but he ended up pleading guilty on the day his trial was due to begin.DeSilva was caught with 447.5 grams of the drug strapped to her legs after she arrived at LF Wade International Airport on June 16, 2010 on a flight from Canada.Supreme Court heard earlier this year that her boyfriend, Jason Fox, gave her the money to pay for the drugs and her plane ticket.Prosecutor Takiyah Burgess stated during the case against Fox, 35, that a sniffer dog alerted to DeSilva’s checked bag on the conveyor belt. An official observed she was walking in an unusual manner, and two packets of drugs were found when she was searched.She and Fox arrived on the same WestJet flight from Toronto. Her boyfriend, who has dual Bermudian and Canadian nationality, walked through customs and immigration and exited the arrivals hall.He was escorted back by customs staff after it was discovered that the tag on DeSilva’s bag was in his name. He initially denied knowing her, telling officials: “There were a lot of Bermudians on the flight.”He refused to hand over documents in his possession. But when the police were called in, the documents were discovered to be the booking information for himself and Ms DeSilva on the WestJet flight.He then admitted they lived in the same town, Hamilton, Ontario, and explained that he denied knowing her at first because “I have a girl and I don’t want anyone to know”.Fox was due to go on trial at Supreme Court, but pleaded guilty to possession of cannabis with intent to supply on the morning his trial was due to begin in January.Supreme Court heard yesterday that DeSilva, from Pembroke, was lined up to testify against him when he decided to plead guilty.Defence lawyer Charles Richardson explained: “My client presented herself and was ready in the witness room to give evidence, at which point Mr Fox and his counsel decided to throw themselves on their swords and plead guilty.”Fox was later sentenced to two years in jail.Mr Richardson said the assistance Ms DeSilva offered the authorities should be rewarded with a reduced sentence.Ms Burgess agreed, as did Puisne Judge Norma Wade-Miller, who released her from prison straightaway telling her it was “because of your assistance to the court”.She told DeSilva: “You will be released today but you will serve two years of probation. Throughout the two-year period, if there’s any transgression you can be brought back to the court.”