US man cleared of cocaine in milk powder charge

A smiling Jermaine Carter and his wife hugging each other as they left the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts complex yesterday after he was freed of a drug trafficking charge. (Photo by Arian Browne)

An American citizen was reunited with his new wife yesterday after being found not guilty of trying to smuggle cocaine on to an outbound flight to the United States.

Jermaine Carter was told by Magistrate Judy Latchman in Georgetown that he was being cleared of the charge of having in his possession seven kilos of cocaine in packets of powdered milk that were found in his luggage.

Carter, who stood in the prisoners’ dock and his wife, who was seated in the public gallery could both be heard giving praises to God for the ruling.

Carter raised his hands to the heavens and pelted a kiss upward in gratitude after