A Perth drug dealer was caught importing cannabis to his home and claimed he thought it was legal because it came from Canada.
Horticultural student Steven Kennedy ordered £2,500 worth of the drug online but was caught out when an airport sniffer dog intercepted the package.
Kennedy claimed he thought it was alright to buy the drug online and have it posted to his home address because it was being sent to him from Quebec.
At Perth Sheriff Court solicitor Paul Ralph, defending, said: “The social work report perhaps gives an insight into how he understood the position he got himself into.
“He thought because he was buying it from Quebec and it was legal there that he wasn’t committing an offence. I have sat him down and explained what the laws actually are.
“He has never been in trouble before. He has held down employment. He has started a course at university.”
Instead of the packet of cannabis being delivered to Kennedy’s flat by the postman it was brought to his door by police officers.
Kennedy, 35, of Scott Street, admitted being concerned in the supply of cannabis at his home and at Coventry International Hub between August 17 and September 5 2014.
Fiscal depute Stuart Richardson said Kennedy had planned to sell half the consignment to a friend.
Kennedy, who was ill-informed about Quebec’s drug laws as cannabis is not legal there, was jailed for 140 days.