BERMUDA national, Njela Fublar, 23, was on Tuesday fined in excess of $1.48M and was sentenced to four years imprisonment by city Magistrate Ann McLennan on a drug- trafficking charge.

Fublar pleaded guilty to the charge which detailed that Saturday January 24, at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA), Timehri, East Bank Demerara, she had in her possession 551 grams of cocaine for the purpose of trafficking.
Police Prosecutor Deniro Jones told the court that on the day in question, at about 05:00hrs, Fublar was an outgoing passenger with Caribbean Airlines flight DW 542 bound for the JFK Airport in New York. While she was at the search point, an officer of the Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) found a pellet in her purse and when it was examined, it was found to contain the illicit drug.
The 23 year old was then medically examined and it was discovered that she had cocaine pellets in her stomach. The woman was immediately taken into custody and rushed to the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPHC) where she was given a laxative to excrete the said drug.
Fublar expelled a total of 67 pellets in her stool, and was subsequently discharged and taken to the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) while the drug was kept under guard. The drug was weighed in her presence and the 67 pellets amount to 551 grams. Further investigations were carried out and the defendant was charged for the offence.
Fublar, who resides at 64 Roberts Avenue, HM 15, Devonshire City, Bermuda,said that she fixes and sells electronic equipment for a living, but she does not have a local address.
The woman told the magistrate that “she is willing to help with the investigation to find the men who leased her [the] drug.”
Magistrate McLennan noted that the street value for one gram of cocaine is $G900, thus, in addition to her four-year sentence, she was fined a total of $G1,480,700.