Giving police a fake name after being caught with cannabis proved expensive for a 23-year-old Smith’s man.Howard Ascento, of Town Hill Road, pleaded guilty in Magistrates’ Court to possession of cannabis and perverting the course of justice.Crown counsel Cindy Clarke said police on mobile patrol at 3.35pm on May 10, noticed a passenger in a car not wearing a seat belt.The officers were on Bishop Spencer Road at the time. The car was travelling west on Palmetto Road.The officers stopped the car. In the course of a search they found a plastic twist containing what appeared to be cannabis under the passenger seat.Both Ascento and the driver were arrested and taken to Hamilton Police Station.Ascento admitted the drugs were his but gave his name as Andre Jones. He also signed his police bail form under that name.He failed to answer bail on January 21.Police spotted Ascento on Front Street on February 18 and arrested him. He told police: “You remembered me.”Ascento apologised to the court. He told Senior Magistrate Archibald Warner: “At the time, I didn’t expect it to get this far.”Mr Warner fined him $1,000 on each charge, with the full $2,000 to be paid immediately.