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Woman 60, charter service employee jailed, fined $16M for ganja in box
Customs Anti Narcotics Unit (CANU) ranks were able to thwart the shipment of over 10 pounds of marijuana to Matthews Ridge North West District, by swooping down on the Sky West Charter Service of Lot 53 David Street, Kitty,
JAILED: Shirley Sinclair
Georgetown.
It was a supervisor at the entity who contacted CANU after an unusual scent emanated from a carton box that was scheduled for shipment on November 26.
Yesterday, Nigel Lewis, 41, of James and King Edward Street, Albouystown; and Shirley Sinclair, 60, of Lot 41 Cooper and Sussex Street, Georgetown; were each jailed for three years and fined $8,418,000 respectively after pleading guilty to separate narcotic charges.
On November 26, Lewis aided a person or other persons unknown together with Sinclair to traffic 5.6 kilograms of cannabis sativa (marijuana).
The charge against Sinclair read that she aided a person or persons unknown together with Lewis to traffic 5.6 kilograms of cannabis sativa.
The fines and prison terms were imposed by Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts.
CANU Prosecutor Konyo Sandiford told the court that Lewis and Sinclair are known to each other and that he encouraged and procured her to collect a carton box containing the prohibited drug.
She said that that Lewis also made arrangements with Sinclair for her to post the box to Matthews Ridge.
According to Sandiford, on November 25, Lewis went to the woman’s home, where he told her to go to the corner of James and School Streets, Albouystown, and meet a male, who would give her a box containing the marijuana and $30,000.
The court was told that Lewis told CANU ranks that Sinclair agreed to post the package and later packed the box with marijuana and seasoning.
The prosecutor said that the man told ranks that Sinclair gave him $10,000.
The following day, Lewis was at Sky West Charter Service Office when Sinclair arrived there in a taxi with the box. He said that he opened the gate and Sinclair placed the box on a table. He examined the box and saw items like seasoning, tennis roll, butter flaps and black-taped parcels.
The box was to be shipped to Orin Matthews of Matthews Ridge.
Prosecutor Sandiford related that Sinclair disclosed to CANU ranks that she believed the black-taped parcels contained marijuana and that Lewis instructed her to inscribe Temica Kerr as the sender and Orin Mathews as the receiver.
She complied and paid $3,900 to post the package before leaving.
It was a supervisor at the entity who contacted CANU after he detected an unusual smell coming from the box. Lewis and Sinclair were apprehended and taken to CANU Headquarters where they gave investigators caution statements detailing their involvement in the crime.
During her address to the court, Sinclair begged for leniency and said that she was retired after serving several years in the Public Service. She stated that she agreed to assist Sinclair with trafficking the drug due to her financial state.
Sinclair, on the other hand, admitted that he was the one who asked Sinclair to ship the box for him.
As Sinclair was being escorted to the Police Outpost her relatives held onto her and cried uncontrollable. Sinclair wept, too, and held a cloth over her face to prevent her photograph from being taken by reporters.
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