KINGSTON, Jamaica (CMC):

A BARBADIAN bodybuilder is set to be sentenced tomorrow after being convicted on Tuesday on drug possession charges.

Andre Miller, 20, who competed in the recently concluded Central American and Caribbean Bodybuilding and Fitness Championships, was arrested on Monday attempting to smuggle a quantity of marijuana out of the country.

Police became suspicious after sniffer dogs alerted them to his luggage.

David Alleyne, assistant coach of the Barbados team, was also arrested on similar charges after he, too, was found with a quantity of the drug.

The 45-year old, a police officer, was subsequently released on Tuesday after the courts heard submissions from defence attorney, Tom Tavares-Simpson. Miller, Barbados' junior national bodybuilding champion and the double junior CAC champion, accepted full responsibility for the drug found in Alleyne's possession.

Miller was part of the Barbados CAC squad on its way home after finishing second in the recent championships behind eventual winners Venezuela.