An American citizen was yesterday sentenced to four years in jail and fined $3.3 million after he admitted to trafficking almost three pounds of cocaine that were found in his carry-on luggage at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA), Timehri on Wednesday.
Warren McKie, 48, told Magistrate Sunil Scarce at the Providence Magistrate’s Court that he did the crime as a result of the hard times he has been experiencing.
The charge against him stated that on August 30, at the CJIA, he had 1.252 kg (equivalent to 2.7 pounds) of cocaine in his possession for trafficking.
Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU) prosecutor Konyo Sandiford told the court that at the time of the discovery, McKie was a passenger on a Fly Jamaica flight destined
