(Jamaica Observer) KINGSTON, Jamaica — A 23-year-old Guyanese woman was last Thursday arrested at the Norman Manley International Airport (NMIA) after a quantity of ganja was reportedly found in her luggage.
The police last evening reported that Michelle Ann Bamfield otherwise called Blacka, of George Town, Guyana arrived at the NMIA about 4:30 pm and attempted to board a flight.
While conducting security checks, her suitcase was searched and a false compartment containing ganja weighing approximately eight pounds was found, the police said. The drug has an estimated street value of $32,000.
Bamfield, who was charged with Breaches of the Dangerous Drugs Act, is scheduled to appear in the Kingston and St Andrew Parish Court on Thursday.
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