Canadian traveller jailed over cocaine in milk, Chinese food

A Canadian national was yesterday sentenced to four years in jail after he admitted to trying to smuggle almost 30 pounds of cocaine hidden in powdered milk and frozen Chinese food onto a flight out of the country.

Miguel Sardinha, 53, of Ontario, Canada, pleaded guilty when the charge of possession of narcotics for trafficking was read to him by Magistrate Ann McLennan at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court 2.

Apart from the sentence, Magistrate McLennan also ordered Sardinha to pay a fine of $35,278,200,