Jailed Barbados drug mule leaves mom in legal pickle

Kyle Archer, the Barbadian national who was last month sentenced to four years in jail for trafficking in cocaine, was also facing a charge of rape in his home country and his incarceration here has left his mother facing a three-month sentence if she doesn’t fork over half the amount that was set for his bail.

Police had said Archer, who was an outgoing passenger destined for Barbados, was arrested by ranks of the Guyana Police Force at the Eugene F. Correia International Airport after cocaine, wrapped in women’s undergarments, was found strapped to his legs last October. He pleaded guilty to the crime and was subsequently sentenced.

According to a Barbados Today report, earlier this week Archer’s attorney, Roy Hurley, appeared in a court and informed Magistrate Douglas Frederick that his client was