Another St. Lucian drug mule jailed

KENDELL Joseph, a 26-year-old St. Lucia national, was sentenced yesterday to three years’ imprisonment along with a fine of $1,296,000 after he admitted that he had ingested 480 grams of cocaine pellets which he attempted to traffic to London.He was before City Magistrate Fabayo Azore.
According to reports, on November 21, the sales representative was an outgoing passenger on Caribbean Airlines flight BW460 destined for London. Ranks of the Customs Anti Narcotic Unit saw the man acting in a suspicious manner and questioned him. Based on the man’s response and gesticulations, they took him into custody. He was then taken to the Woodlands Hospital and an X-ray was done.
The X-ray showed foreign objects in his stomach and over the course of two days, he excreted cocaine pellets for which he admitted ownership.
During a plea of mitigation, the defendant told the magistrate that he was forced to swallow the drugs. He related that he received employment from a Guyanese woman and travelled to Guyana to work. He stated that when he arrived in Guyana he could not locate his employer and as such, requested that he return to his home country. He said that he was told by an unnamed man that he would not be able to return home unless he transported the substance to London for him.
According to a Police source, Chermisa Wheeler and Andree Willy, both of St Lucia, who were arrested and imprisoned for trying to smuggle cocaine in their private parts last Friday, are close associates of Joseph.

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