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Reggae executive convicted in marijuana ring Wednesday January 18, 2006 NEW YORK (AP) The chief executive of a reggae music production company was convicted of drug conspiracy for smuggling one ton of marijuana into the city each week for years. Horatio Hamilton, president of Lords of Yard Inc., faces 20 years in prison after being convicted in Manhattan federal court, U.S. attorney Michael Garcia said Tuesday, The New York Times reported. Hamilton was arrested in 1999 with nearly two tons of marijuana at Los Angeles International Airport, Garcia said. He jumped bail and was arrested again last year. Hamilton's lawyer said his client had left the drug business, the New York Post reported. ``He had moved onto something more profitable and legal,'' Jeffrey Lichtman told jurors, calling Hamilton ``one of the more famous Jamaican entertainers.'' The executive created Sashi, a three-day reggae concert in Jamaica.