After a month-long trial at the Grove/ Diamond Magistrate’s Court, Unique Sunshine London, a Haslington woman who was busted back on September 14, 2022 at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA), Timehri for trafficking a quantity of cocaine, was on Friday sentenced to four years.
According to the head of the Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU), James Singh, London appeared before Senior Magistrate Sunil Scarce and was found guilty of the offence. She was sentenced to four years’ imprisonment and fined $16,782,000.
The Guyana Police Force had reported that London, 59, of Lot 54 Haslington, East Coast Demerara, was charged with trafficking 11.188 kilogrammes of cocaine at CJIA, Timehri.
London had appeared before Magistrate Sunil Scarce at the Grove/Diamond Magistrate’s Court on September 16, 2022 and pleaded not guilty to the charge. Bail was refused and she was remanded to prison until November 11, 2022.
CANU had reported that London was intercepted at the CJIA on September 14, 2022, after being found with close to 25 pounds of cocaine in Shirley biscuit wrappers in her carry-on luggage. Cocaine was also found in a caramel wafer biscuit wrapper.
According to CANU, London was an outgoing passenger destined for the United States of America.
The narcotics tested positive for cocaine and amounted to 11.188 kilogrammes, valued at $12.3 million, and US$336,000 if landed in the USA.
