A woman has been arrested after a box she tried to have posted via a flight destined for Brooklyn, New York, was discovered to contain two hidden parcels of cocaine amounting to 534 grams.
The suspect has been identified as 30-year-old Pathrina Pilgrim of Lot 2 ‘C’ North Road, Bourda, George-town.
According to a CANU release yesterday, the posting of the box was intercepted by a CANU officer yesterday morning before it was loaded onto a flight at the Eugene F. Correia International Airport, Ogle. The box which contained packets of local snacks including coconut biscuit, mittai, chicken foot, and a packet of uncooked vermicelli, had a false bottom. The CANU officer upon making this discovery, further investigated and the parcels of cocaine were found.
Several persons have since been questioned in this ongoing investigation.
