A New York-bound passenger, Esmond Jermaine Anderson, who was busted at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) with a large quantity of cocaine hidden in a bowl of fried rice, was remanded to prison when he appeared at the Diamond Magistrates’ Court.
Anderson pleaded not guilty to the charge when it was read to him by Magistrate Judy Latchman.
The 28-year-old man of Number Five Village, West Coast Berbice (WCB), was intercepted by the ranks of the Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU), who searched his luggage and unearthed the narcotic stashed away in his suitcase.
