Dataram’s reputed wife charged for smuggling contraband into prison

The reputed wife of Barry Dataram was on Monday arraigned on a charge of smuggling prohibited items into the Mazaruni Prison, where her spouse is currently serving time having been jailed for trafficking narcotics.

Anjanie Boodnarine waltzed into the compound of the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts, just weeks after she walked out a free woman, following the dismissal of the last of a string of charges which were initiated against her.

The charge stated that Boodnarine on March 31, 2017, took 14 packs of cigarettes to her reputed husband at Mazaruni Penitentiary.

According to reports, the contraband was concealed in cheese stick packets.

The 21-year-old mother of two was granted $150,000 bail. The case will continue on April 20.