The police say DNA evidence was a crucial factor in a two year old drug case that concluded in the St. Andrew Parish Court last week.
Shauna Marriott, 34, an accountant of Spanish Town, St. Catherine was sentenced on July 16.
She was fined $3,850 for possession of ganja and $7,000 or 30 days for taking steps to export ganja.
The Narcotics police arrested and charged Marriott at Norman Manley International Airport on October 6, 2016.
She had checked in to board a flight to Curacao.
Marriott was questioned after a parcel wrapped in masking tape and containing over 14 ounces of compressed ganja was found in a bin in a restroom.
The police said she denied having knowledge of the package.
A DNA sample was taken from her along with the package and submitted to the Institute of Forensic Science and Legal Medicine and a match confirmed.
The ganja was valued at $60,000.
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