Catherine Rose, the elderly woman who was caught trying to smuggle over eight kilogrammes of cocaine and marijuana out of the country over the weekend, was yesterday sentenced to four years in jail after admitting to the crime.
Rose pleaded guilty before Magistrate Zamilla Ally, who handed down the four-year sentence and a $30,000 fine to the woman at the Sparendaam Magistrate’s Court.
The charge against Rose, 60, of East Ruimveldt, stated that on October 11th, at the Ogle International Airport, she had in her possession 4.612 kilogrammes of cocaine and 3.826 kilogrammes of cannabis, both for trafficking.
According to the police’s case, Rose, was a passenger on a LIAT flight destined for Barbados with an onward connection to St. Kitts, when she was selected to undergo a check at the airport. A search of the woman’s baggage led to the discovery of a black haversack, where four compressed parcels wrapped in brown scotch tape were concealed. The parcels contained cannabis.
Additionally, four black plastic bags with 200 pellet-shaped parcels containing cocaine were also discovered in the suitcase.
The court heard that after being cautioned, Rose told officers that she was given the haversack by an unknown man to drop for a friend in St. Kitts.
