Two Jamaican nationals, who attempted to smuggle compressed marijuana into Guyana, were yesterday both jailed and ordered to pay a total of over $40 million in fines after being found guilty of the crime.
Benjamin Carrington, 27, and Tamara Douglas, 31, were charged with possession of narcotics for drug trafficking, after almost 28 grammes of marijuana was found in their luggage when they landed at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport, Timehri on April 21. They both had pleaded not guilty.
At the conclusion of their trial in Georgetown,
