Anjanie Boodnarine, the reputed wife of Barry Dataram, was on Wednesday sentenced to spend the next nine months in prison for attempting to smuggle illegal items into the Mazaruni Prison.
The 21-year-old mother of two made another court appearance at the Bartica Magistrate’s Court where her trial was ongoing for a charge of attempting to smuggle prohibited items to her husband, who is presently serving an eight-year sentence at the Mazaruni Prison.
Anjanie Boodnarine
The charge against her alleged that in March 2017, Boodnarine attempted to smuggle cigarettes in a popular snack packet.
This is not the first times Boodnarine is before the courts. She was previously found not guilty of carrying out a similar act. Additionally, Boodnarine, along with Dataram were arrested in 2016 by Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) ranks after a Police raid was conducted on a house at Lot 661 Fourth Avenue, Block X Diamond, East Bank Demerara. The search led to the discovery of a large quantity of cocaine stuffed in frozen seafood.
The couple, along with two others, were arraigned and charged with the offence. Dataram was found guilty of the offence and the charge against Boodnarine and the others was dismissed. Before the decision was handed down by the court, the couple had left for Suriname but was later captured and extradited to Guyana.
Dataram took full responsibility for the possession charges, leading to Boodnarine being acquitted. He was jailed for eight years. Boodnarine later had a conspiracy charged filed against her dismissed.
She is still currently before the court for an immigration offence.
