A Jamaican national was yesterday sentenced to four years imprisonment and a $2M fine for narcotics trafficking by Magistrate Hazel-Octive Hamilton at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.

Keisha Ann-Maria Piggott, 25, pleaded guilty to the charge, which stated that on May 11 at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport, Timehri she had in her possession 2.272 kilos of cocaine, for the purpose of trafficking.

The police prosecutor, in giving the facts of the case, explained to the court that Piggott was an outgoing passenger on Caribbean Airlines flight 1416 to Trinidad and the cocaine was found as her suitcase was being scanned. He added that the suitcase was searched in the presence of Piggott and the narcotic was found concealed in a false bottom. The prosecutor further stated that she was subsequently arrested, told of the offence committed and charged.

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