New Delhi: The son of industrialist Nusli Wadia and inheritor of one of Indias wealthiest business families, Ness Wadia, has been sentenced for drugs possession while on a skiing holiday to Japan.

Ness Wadia, heir to the 283-year-old Wadia Group and co-owner of the Kings XI Punjab cricket team, was arrested in early March at New Chitose Airport in the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido. The customs officials at New Chitose were alerted to Wadia by sniffer dogs and a search revealed that he had about 25g of what appeared to be cannabis resin in his trouser pocket.