A Guyanese woman who was held at JFK Airport in New York in November 2014 with around 30 lbs of cocaine is currently serving a sentence of 27 months.
Melissa Cox pleaded guilty to knowingly and intentionally importing a controlled substance into the United States, according to court documents seen by Stabroek News, and was sentenced on December 10 last year. She also faced a count of knowingly and intentionally possessing with intent to distribute a controlled substance but this was disposed of after a proffer with the government.
The US government had sought to have Cox imprisoned for a period of between 37 and 46 months,
