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views-field-field-caption"> <div class="field-content">The man pleaded guilty to the charges of possession of, dealing in, and attempting to export cocaine.</div> </div></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div></div><div id="quicktabs-tabpage-article_image_video-1" class="quicktabs-tabpage quicktabs-hide"><div class="block block-views block-article-content-block-5 block-views-article-content-block-5 even block-without-title" id="block-views-article-content-block-5"> <div class="block-inner clearfix"> <div class="content clearfix"> <div class="view view-article-content view-id-article_content view-display-id-block_5 article-brightcove-video view-dom-id-6d222b0c09e4664c84c4eed1a9f4b61d"> <div class="view-content"> <div class="views-row views-row-1 views-row-odd views-row-first views-row-last"> <div class="views-field views-field-field-video"> <div class="field-content"></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div></div></div></div><div class="field 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accident.</p> <p> Phillips also noted that Mason's family members were not able to assist him at this time.</p><div id="jg-newsletter-sign-up" class="jg-newsletter-sign-up"> <div class="block-inner"> <h2 class="block-title"> Headlines Delivered to Your Inbox </h2> <div class="block-content"> <a href="https://member.jamaica-gleaner.com/subscription/?utm_source=Newsletter&utm_medium=textlink&utm_campaign=NewsletterSignUp"> Sign up for The Gleaner’s morning and evening newsletters. </a> </div> </div> </div> <p> But, in passing sentence, Fairclough-Hylton told Mason that his actions helped to put Jamaica's reputation in a bad light.</p> <p> “Far too often, persons visit this beautiful country, and on their way out of this beautiful country, they are held with cocaine. What that does is that it tarnishes the name of this beautiful country,” said Fairclough-Hylton.</p> <p> “I have to send a message to those who think that Jamaica is a safe haven for them to come and export cocaine.”</p> <p> Mason was ordered to pay a fine of $200,000 or spend three months in prison for possession of cocaine, $250,000 or three months for dealing in cocaine, and $300,000 or four months for attempting to export cocaine.</p> <p> The facts are that on September 30, at 4:15 p.m., a police team at the Sangster International Airport in St James conducting surveillance of outgoing passengers boarding a flight to London, when Mason was approached by the lead officer and his luggage was searched.</p> <p> Two pairs of slippers which felt suspiciously heavy were found in his luggage and subsequently examined.</p> <p> Four parcels of a white substance resembling cocaine were found inside the slippers and Mason was arrested and charged.</p> <p> - Christopher Thomas</p> <p> <strong>Follow The Gleaner on X, formerly Twitter, and Instagram @JamaicaGleaner and on Facebook @GleanerJamaica. 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