Marian Walters, 34, a Jamaica-born United States citizen, pleaded guilty in Magistrates’ Court yesterday to unlawful possession of cocaine and unlawful importation of cocaine, after being arrested at Terrance B. Lettsome International Airport on April 27 with 2.08 kilograms of the drug, valued at an estimated $208,000.
She maintained an earlier not guilty plea to unlawful possession of cocaine with intent to supply.
Ms. Walters, who resides in New York, had bags of cocaine in a hidden compartment sewn into her luggage when she arrived on a LIAT flight from St. Lucia, Crown Counsel Leslie-Ann Faulkner told the court.
See the Aug. 18, 2011 edition for full coverage.