US fashion student remanded over suitcase cocaine

Another US citizen was yesterday remanded after appearing before Magistrate Hazel Octive-Hamilton on a charge of possession of narcotics for the purpose of trafficking.

Tyreca Noble
Tyreca Noble

Twenty-one-year-old Tyreca Noble of 3832 Zoey Lee Drive, Smallville, Georgia was allegedly caught at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport, Timehri on Wednesday  with 1 kilogramme, 818 grammes of cocaine for the purpose of trafficking.

The fashion student who was vacationing in Guyana was represented by attorney-at-law Ronald Burch-smith.

The cocaine was reportedly found in the false walls of two suitcases belonging to Noble who was an outgoing passenger on a flight bound for Miami via Barbados.

The matter was transferred to the Providence Magistrate’s Court for August 4.

The previous day, another US citizen, 20-year-old Amirah Mitchel was remanded after cocaine was allegedly found in her suitcase.