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Teen busted at airport with cocaine gets three years
Jailed: Anesha Hardy
A teenager was yesterday sentenced to three years’ imprisonment and fined $1.4M after she was nabbed at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA), Timehri, EBD with a quantity of cocaine.
Nineteen-year-old Anesha Hardy, of 235 South Ruimveldt, Georgetown, appeared to be calm when she made an appearance before Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts.
She admitted to the charge, which read that on July 6, last at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport, she had in her possession 702 grams of cocaine for the purpose of trafficking.
Customs Anti Narcotics Unit (CANU) Prosecutor, Konyo Sandiford, stated that on July 6, last, the teen was an outgoing passenger on BW 526 at CJIA destined to JFK New York.
The teen was intercepted by a female CANU officer who told her that she had information that she had ingested a quantity of cocaine pellets. She was then cautioned and she denied the allegation. She was then arrested and escorted to a City Hospital where an x-ray was conducted.
The examination revealed foreign objects in her stomach and she was then admitted as a patient at the institution.
The Prosecutor added that between the period July 6 and July 9, last, the teenager excreted 119 cocaine filled pellets weighing 702 grams.
Hardy was then discharged from the institution and taken to CANU where she gave several oral, written and caution statements outlining her suppliers and how she ingested the cocaine pellets.
Sandiford went on to tell the court that the teenager was taken advantage of by two persons who are seasoned cocaine suppliers.
CANU is now looking for the two individuals who are the main suspects in the investigation.
The men who are wanted for questioning are Kelvien Sauers, also known as John. His last known address was 327 Fourth Street Success, East Coast Demerara and Mark Sauers also known as Marcus of Lot 1 Ogle East Coast Demerara and Second Street Liliendaal, Georgetown.
Anyone knowing the whereabouts of the two suspects is asked to contact CANU on 227-3507 and 226-0431. Just last week, a mother of two made an appearance before Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan and was sentenced to three years’ imprisonment for attempting to smuggle a quantity of cocaine via the CJIA.
A teary Natasha Blair, 37 of 92 Grove/Diamond admitted to ingesting and inserting a total of 532 grams of cocaine.
An emotional Blair stated, “I’m very sorry for what I did and I’m sorry for putting my children and family through this. I did it to provide for my children.”
According to the allegation, on July 2, last, at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport, she attempted to smuggle cocaine pellets, which she ingested and inserted in her vagina, onto an ongoing flight bound for New York.
The prosecutor had told the court that Blair who was travelling with an 11-month old baby was scheduled to board Caribbean Airlines flight BW726 destined for John F. Kennedy International Airport.
It was reported that when Blair checked in her luggage at Caribbean Airline counter, a CANU rank acting on information, approached her and informed her of his suspicion that she had ingested and inserted narcotics.
She denied.
As a result, Blair was cautioned and taken to the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) where an x-ray was conducted. It revealed foreign objects in her stomach and pelvic area.
The prosecutor told the court that the woman was admitted at the institution and during the period of July 2 and July 4, she excreted a total of 32 pellets.
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