Popular deejay Sizzla, whose given name is Miguel Collins, appeared in the Cor-porate Area Resident Magistrate's Court on Thursday to answer to a possession of marijuana charge.

The court heard that on January 4, Collins was driving a BMW motor car, which he parked at 121 Windward Road, Kingston 2. The vehicle was searched and a transparent plastic parcel with vegetable matter resembling marijuana was found under a floor mat in front of the driver's seat. He was arrested and charged. When cautioned, the deejay reportedly said, "Yu naw gi di I a chance officer?"

When Collins appeared in court, his lawyer, Christopher Townsend, pleaded with RM Glen Brown to keep the conviction off the deejay's record. He told the court that a tarnished police record could affect the entertainer's chances of being able to perform in countries like The Cayman Islands and certain states in America, where work permits are only offered to individuals with clean police records.

His plea fell on deaf ears, however, as the RM ordered Sizzla to have his fingerprints taken. He was also fined $100 or seven days in jail.