2 jailed, fined $8.4M each for narco trafficking

Shirley Sinclair had to be helped out of the courtroom of Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan after she broke down in tears upon hearing that she was sentenced to three years’ imprisonment and fined .4 million for attempting to traffic narcotics.
She was facing a trafficking in narcotics charge which stated that on November 26, 2016 at 53 David Street, Kitty, Georgetown, she aided another to traffic 5.612kg (5612 grams) of cannabis.

On Monday, she pleaded guilty to the charge and begged for mercy after it was read to her.
The Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) Prosecutor read the facts surrounding her arrest to the court, which stated that on the day of the incident, the defendant collaborated with one Nigel Lewis to transport the drugs, hidden among groceries, to Skywest, a postal office, where they both attempted to send the illicit item to an Orin Matthews of Matthews Ridge.
However, the manager at the postal service smelt a weird scent emanating from the package and contacted CANU ranks who discovered four well-wrapped parcels hidden in the box.
After an investigation, the defendant and her accomplice were both apprehended.
They both admitted to the offence. Sinclair in her bid to acquire leniency from the Magistrate explained that she was facing a financial crisis.
Sinclair’s accomplice, Nigel Lewis, 42, of Albouystown, an employee of Skywest Postal Service, also made a court appearance and was sentenced to three years imprisonment and fined $8.4 million.
He admitted that on November 26, 2016 at Lot 53 David Street, Kitty, he aided another to traffic 5.612kg of cannabis.
He also admitted to sending Sinclair to uplift the package from an unknown individual along with $30,000 in cash.
He told the CANU investigator that after she uplifted the package, he assisted her with packing a box with the drugs and groceries which she later delivered to his place of work to be posted.
However, in Court, he told Magistrate McLennan that he was not the official person at his place of work to send packages through to be delivered.