Tanasha Fleming, the American traveller held at the Cheddi Jagan airport with just over 40 pounds of cocaine stashed in baking and custard powders, will be spending the next five years in jail after pleading guilty to drug trafficking.
Fleming, who was booked to leave on a Dynamic Airways flight destined for the John F Kennedy (JFK) International Airport last Friday morning, was also fined $49,396,000, which represents three times the value of the cocaine.
The charge against Fleming, 28, of the United States Virgin Islands, stated that on December 5,