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UNITED States citizen Shawn Glasgow, who was busted at Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA), has been remanded to prison on a charge of attempting to export cocaine. He appeared before Acting Chief Magistrate, Priya Sewnarine-Beharry yesterday and pleaded not guilty to the offence, particulars of which said, on September 24, he trafficked in four kilogrammes 106 grammes of the narcotic.
Prosecuting Police Sergeant, Gordon Mansfield said ranks on duty noticed a strange object in a suitcase when it was passing through the scanner and it was pulled off.
The defendant, who was present, identified the suitcase as his and a search of it yielded the whitish substance in a false wall.
The prosecutor said the defendant, who was on his way to New York, was arrested and the cocaine tested and weighed in his presence.
Glasgow told the court he works for the Environmental Services in New York City and attorney-at-law, Mr. Gordon Gilhuys was supposed to be representing him but the lawyer was absent and the defendant will make his next appearance on October 3.
Prosecuting Police Sergeant, Gordon Mansfield said ranks on duty noticed a strange object in a suitcase when it was passing through the scanner and it was pulled off.
The defendant, who was present, identified the suitcase as his and a search of it yielded the whitish substance in a false wall.
The prosecutor said the defendant, who was on his way to New York, was arrested and the cocaine tested and weighed in his presence.
Glasgow told the court he works for the Environmental Services in New York City and attorney-at-law, Mr. Gordon Gilhuys was supposed to be representing him but the lawyer was absent and the defendant will make his next appearance on October 3.
