Chinese national charged for bleaching cream

A Chinese businessman was yesterday fined $610,000 or face nine months' imprisonment for being in possession of nine boxes of bleaching cream.

Jin Wan pleaded guilty to breaching the Pharmacy Act when he appeared before Senior Parish Judge Lori-Ann Cole-Montague in the Kingston and St Andrew Parish Court.

The court heard that Wan was found in possession of nine boxes of bleaching cream, which is prohibited under the Pharmacy Act. He was ordered by Cole-Montague to pay a fine of $610,000 or face nine months' imprisonment for the bleaching cream. Wan was admonished and discharged on the charge of being in possession of uncustomed goods.