Cape Town - An American citizen has been sentenced to two years in jail, suspended for five years, and further banned from the country for the illegal possession of indigenous plants. Kalman Kaminar was sentenced in the Cape Town Magistrate’s Court on two counts of illegal possession of succulent plants declared as protected. The South African Red Plan List declared some of the plants as vulnerable and endangered. Following a confiscation order overseen by the Asset Forfeiture Unit, the court ordered Kaminar to pay R500 000 to the State - R250 000 to be paid into the Criminal Assets Recovery Account and R250 000 to be paid to the Western Cape Nature Conservation Board.