TWO women were, on Tuesday, charged in connection with the recent discovery of GY$5.6 million worth of cocaine at the Eugene F. Correia International Airport and were remanded to prison.

Akata Makeba Garnett, 22 of ‘C’ Field Sophia squatting area and Malika Scott, 32, of Grove, East Bank Demerara were charged separately for possession of narcotics for the purpose of trafficking.

Garnett was arraigned at the Sparendaam Magistrates’ Court before Magistrate Rushelle Liverpool.

She pleaded not guilty to the charge which alleged that on March 5, 2022, at the airport located at Ogle, East Coast Demerara, she had 5.274 kilogrammes of cocaine in her possession for the purpose of trafficking.

Magistrate Liverpool remanded Garnett to prison until March 31, 2022.

Meanwhile, Scott appeared before Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court.

Scott denied that, on March 5, 2022, at Georgetown, she trafficked 5.274 kilogrammes of cocaine.

The Chief Magistrate remanded the woman to prison until April 5, 2022.

According to a release from the Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU), Garnett was nabbed on Saturday as she was about to board a flight destined for Barbados.

According to CANU, officers found five mats laced with approximately 12 pounds of cocaine during a secondary search of her luggage.

Further investigations led to the arrest of Scott.