Guyanese woman held in Bahamas for cocaine in hair weave

A Guyanese woman was busted on Tuesday afternoon at the Lynden Pindling International Airport after she allegedly attempted to smuggle a quantity of cocaine concealed in her hair weave into The Bahamas.

According to the Bahamas Tribune, the discovery was made shortly after 3pm Tuesday by a team of officers assigned to the Drug Enforcement Unit. The drug which amounted to just over two pounds was found hidden in her hair.

The report said that the woman, whose identity was not revealed, had just arrived at the airport on a Caribbean Airlines flight.