carefully.

"You should adopt a different vocabulary,'' said Magistrate Cheryl-Ann Mapp after fining him $300 for offensive language.

Anderson, of Mullet Bay Road, St. George's, admitted swearing at Customs officers at the Airport on September 6.

He told Ms Mapp he swore after Customs officers said they wanted to strip search him.

But Ms Mapp replied: "Customs officers have a job to do...you should not be subjecting them to that type of abuse.''