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Man caught with cocaine in fried rice remanded
Kaieteur News – Twenty-eight-year-old, Esmond Anderson, who was held with US$84,000 worth of cocaine in a bowl of fried rice at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA), was on Monday remanded to prison.
Esmond Anderson
Anderson appeared before her worship Magistrate Judy Latchman, at Diamond Magistrate Court to answer the charge of trafficking narcotics, to which he pleaded not guilty and was remanded to prison until March 8, 2022.
Kaieteur News previously reported that Anderson was intercepted by ranks of the Customs Anti Narcotics Unit (CANU), last Friday, as he was about to travel on Jet Blue Airways, flight 2166, which was destined for the John F. Kennedy (JFK) Airport.
A search of his suitcase—which was done in his presence—resulted in the discovery of a white substance suspected to be cocaine.
He was subsequently arrested and escorted to the CANU Headquarters with the narcotic, which weighed in at 6.605lbs, with an estimated street value of approximately $17,220,000 (US$84,000).
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