Former media worker jailed for four years over cocaine

Zanneel Nirmala Williams

After changing her plea for the third time and with the last one being guilty, former media worker 26-year-old Zanneel Nirmala Williams was yesterday sentenced to four years imprisonment and fined $14.4 million for drug trafficking at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA), Timehri.

Williams of Lamaha Gardens appeared before Magistrate Sunil Scarce at the Diamond/Grove Magistrate’s Court to answer the charge of trafficking in narcotics. The charge stated that on April 25th last, Williams trafficked over 20 pounds of cocaine at the CJIA while being an outgoing passenger destined for the United States.