CLARABEL Johnson, the 24-year-old woman who was caught with almost nine pounds of cocaine hidden in the walls of her suitcase at the Eugene F. Correia International Airport on Wednesday, was on Thursday denied bail and remanded to prison on a drug-trafficking charge.

Johnson, of Cooper Street, Albouystown, was arraigned in the Sparendaam Magistrates Court before Magistrate Zamilla Ally-Seepaul on a charge that on January 4 at the Eugene F. Correia International Airport , she had 4.1 Kilogrammes of Cocaine for the purpose of trafficking. The woman pleaded not guilty to the charge.
Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) Prosecutor, Konyo Sandiford, objected to bail on the basis that the offence is a serious one. Sandiford told the court that on the day in question, Johnson was scheduled to depart Guyana on a LIAT flight destined for Antigua and Barbuda when she was arrested by a CANU officer.

Johnson was observed acting in a suspicious manner and a search of her luggage uncovered the drugs in the walls of her suitcase.
The case has been adjourned to February 27.