Days after she was arrested for allegedly attempting to traffic over 500 grammes of cocaine hidden in a box of snacks destined for New York, a 30-year-old mother of two was yesterday remanded to prison after she denied the charge.
Pathrina Pilgrim of Lot 2 ‘C’ North Road, Bourda, Georgetown appeared before Magistrate Leron Daly at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court yesterday morning.
She pleaded not guilty to the charge and was remanded to prison until February 19th.
Pilgrim was arrested by ranks of the Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU) on Wednesday morning.
CANU in a press release had said that the illegal substance was unearthed in two parcels of a box which Pilgrim allegedly tried to post via a flight destined for Brooklyn, New York.
The drug amounted to 534 grammes.
According to the release, the posting of the box was intercepted by a CANU officer before it was loaded onto a flight at the Eugene F. Correia
International Airport, Ogle.
The box which contained snacks including coconut biscuits, mittai, chicken foot and a packet of uncooked vermicelli, had a false bottom.
The CANU officer, upon making this discovery, further investigated and the parcels of cocaine were found.
Meanwhile, CANU yesterday issued wanted bulletins for two others who are wanted for questioning in relation to the said interception.
They have been identified as Chelsea Collins and Edinho Lewis whose last known addresses are Lot 10 David Rose Street, South Ruimveldt, George-town and 25 Shopping Plaza, South Ruimveldt, Georgetown, respectively.
Anyone knowing their whereabouts is asked to contact CANU Headquart-ers on telephone number 227-3507 or 226-0431.
