Woman charged with attempt to smuggle drugs on flight to Barbados

Anastacia Latoya Crawford

Nineteen-year-old Anastacia Latoya Crawford, who was allegedly caught trying to smuggle over seven kilogrammes of cocaine and cannabis on to a flight at the Ogle International Airport, was remanded to prison after she appeared before a city Magistrate yesterday.

Crawford, of 29 Fort Street, Kingston, denied that she had 2.286kg of cocaine and 5.575kg of cannabis in her possession for the purpose of trafficking on May 21, when the charges were read by the Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry.

The Customs and Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) is alleging that Crawford, on the day in question, was an outgoing passenger to Barbados on a LIAT flight. According to CANU