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Jermaine Carter, a 42-year-old American, was remanded to prison yesterday at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court,
Jermaine Carter
for the alleged possession of narcotics for the purpose of trafficking, at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport, Timehri.
Prosecutor Stephen Telford stated, that yesterday, July 4, 2014, the American was departing Guyana on board a Dynamic Airways flight, heading to Piarco International Airport. Signs of narcotics were detected in his two suitcases by ‘sniffer dogs’ present at the airport.
Carter identified his bag to ranks of the Criminal Investigation Department, and it was searched in his presence. The authorities found three packets of ‘Kerigold’ milk powder, containing 7.057 kg of suspected cocaine.
At his trial yesterday, Carter was remanded to prison until Tuesday, by Magistrate Fabayo Azore.
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