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A woman was on Friday remanded to prison by Magistrate Judy Latchman in Court Three of the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts after she appeared before her charged with trafficking in narcotics.

Vanessa Moore, 43, of Lot 91 Murphy Street, Good Intent, West Coast Demerara, pleaded not guilty to the charge which read that on Tuesday, November 3 at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA), East Bank Demerara, she was found in possession of 2.94 kilograms of cocaine for the purpose of trafficking.

According to the particulars of the charge presented by Police Prosecutor, Corporal Bharrat Mangru, the woman frequently travels to London and when there she resides at 78 McDonald Hills. The Prosecutor related that on the day in question, the defendant who is a Guyanese citizen was an outgoing passenger headed to Port of Spain, Trinidad as an in transit passenger, with a connecting flight destined for London. The Prosecutor revealed that a routine search was carried out on her luggage by ranks of the Police Narcotics Unit. During the said search, two bottles of rum were found, one being 12-year-old rum and the other a 15-year-old Eldorado rum.

Tests to the rum resulted in the discovery of the bottles containing the illicit substance. Under caution, the woman allegedly told the ranks that her boyfriend gave her the rum to take overseas.

Prosecutor Mangru objected to bail on the ground that special reasons must be given to the court in order for bail to be granted, and in this case, this requisite was not met. The Magistrate remanded the woman to prison and the matter was adjourned to November 11.