suspect charged and remanded

ON Monday, February 3, 2025, officers from the Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU) made a significant drug interception at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) during their routine narcotic interdiction duties.
While conducting a search on an outgoing passenger scheduled to fly on British Airways flight BA2158 to Saint Lucia, with onward connections to Gatwick International Airport in London, officers discovered a quantity of cocaine concealed in the passenger’s belongings.

The suspect, identified as twenty-seven-year-old A’ishah Mckenzie of Lot 33 Savage Street, North East La Penitence, Georgetown, was arrested and escorted to CANU’s headquarters. Authorities recovered approximately 2.468 kilograms of cocaine from her possession.
On Wednesday, February 5, 2025, Mckenzie appeared before Magistrate Fortune at the Diamond Magistrate’s Court, where she pleaded not guilty to the offence of possession of cocaine for the purpose of trafficking. The court refused her bail, and she was remanded to prison until March 5, 2025.

Investigations into the matter are ongoing as CANU continues its efforts to combat drug trafficking at the nation’s airports.