A Guyanese man, who was last week caught attempting to smuggle cocaine into the US disguised in baking soda, has been remanded to prison.
According to court documents seen by this newspaper, Jacob Phillips arrived at the John F Kennedy Airport on June 24 aboard a Delta flight and was selected for a customs examination after a computer matched his name and date of birth to an open warrant from Harris County, Texas for a theft offence.
According to Special Agent Gerard McMahon of the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Phillips was escorted to a baggage carousel to retrieve his luggage. Two pieces of luggage were retrieved, including a blue Newest brand suitcase. When Phillips was asked if both items of luggage and their contents belonged to him he responded “yes.”
“Upon search of the blue, Newest brand suitcase, a [customs officer] recovered 11 plastic bags labelled Lion Brand baking soda. A probe of one of the bags revealed a white powdery substance, which field-tested positive for the presence of cocaine,” Agent McMahon said in his affidavit.
Phillips was arrested and charged and he later appeared before Judge Ramon E Reyes Jr and was remanded to prison.
Meanwhile, appearing before the same judge last week were two Trinidadians who were both slapped with charges of attempting to import drugs into the US.
Kerry Celestine arrived on a Caribbean Airlines flight from Trinidad on June 23 and after inspection by customs officers it was found that someone had tampered with the pull-out handle of one of his suitcases. A probe of the pull out handle revealed a white powdery substance which field tested for cocaine. This second suitcase also contained cocaine in the pull-out handle.
Arriving on the same flight was Tracey Judd who was found to have cocaine in a package in his groin area.
While Judd was remanded to prison, Celestine was granted US$350,000 bail.
The reputation of Guyana and Guyanese continue to be besmirched. Jail them if guilty and deport them on completion of their sentences.
Borapork ! What exactly is the reputation of Guyana and Guyanese ? Explain !
Deport them to B’dos.
The Republic of Guyana is a known source of illegal drugs and President Bharrat Jagdeo , is blowing hot air telling the Prime Minister of Barbados how he should treat Guyanese in Barbados , while Guyana is going down the drain . The guyanese must wake up from their slumber and save their homeland .
They are pretty resourceful in their putrid endeavours.
Imagine if they put there brains to good usage, what the result may be.
That was not very creative – baking soda is among the cheapest commodities here. Let him serve his time and then send him back to Guyana for his retirement.
…. baking soda is used to cook the cocaine crystals to make crack cocaine ,, all was left for him to do was to cook it !…
HE MUST BE DEALT WITH SEVERLY “SAY NO TO DRUGS” AN EASY CENT IS BETTER THAN A QUICK DOLLAR
guyana is a transition point for drugs and the police never caught and prosecute a big fish… what a shame………
Oh Lord!! How can they take away the man’s baking soda just like that? The man was allowed to leave Guyana with no problem, as soon as he got to JFK they take away the man’s thing. I really don’t get the Americans. Why they could not have taken ‘something’ under the table like their Guyanese counterparts did? The man’s intention was good, he was going to bake bread and open a Soup Kitchen in Americans to cushion the recession.
they are very good but still u can buy drugs at any street corner in new york, i guess they are baking it there.
Go one John Smith.
Jimmy I just walked down king street some banna dere wanted to sell me some blow and give me a free bike whats up with the Toronto streets man they are getting dangerous.
He can apply for work in the prison bakery
BS,
At least he didn’t offer you baking soda.
JS,
ICE was too hungry…they eat his bake goods and quench their thirst with de soda.
Nah canadians have quality stuff here man.
As i said before legalize the drugs and we won’t have all this problems, many more will try, the war on drugs is a farce because only the mules get jailed while the supplier find more donkey, jackasses, zebras, and horses to carry out their works.
then u have to build bigger mad houses and prisons
If these people are so stupid, then they deserve to go to jail. I’m sure they would have a plea bargin to give up the name of their supplier. If they don’t, then it’s on them. As I said before also legalizing it would not stop the illegal activity. People would find a way around the system.
mack i bet you if narocotics were to be legalized, no one would be killed in drug wars, and the jails would be less crowded, and no one will be making a profit like it is now, it would be like a rum shop no one trying to outdo each other.
Amen-ra they will not kill each other they will all just DIE OF OVERDOSES, because the drugs will be all ova de place FREE FOR ALL
Their economy is dead without exporting illicit drugs, this is why you see every poo poo poo from the top down all repeat the mantra the problem is with the users not the suppliers.
I thought we produce Champion Baking powder over there. Bouy he put in the lion. too baad. lol.
THE DRUGS CONTINUE TO COME.
Here we go again .