Mother of 2 remanded for smuggling ‘ganja’ into prison

A 37-year-old woman was today remanded to prison for allegedly trafficking over 300 grams of marijuana into the Camp Street prison in Georgetown.

Nicola Clark of Durban Street, Lodge appeared before Magistrate Fabayo Azore at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court where she denied that on April 17 at the Camp Street Prison, she had 325 grams of cannabis in her possession for the purpose of trafficking.

The unrepresented mother of two was remanded to prison until May 30, 2018.

According to a police report, at the time of her visit, the woman had a white plastic bag in her possession, which contained two boxes of food in the waiting area of the prison.

Prison officers reportedly searched the boxes and found the drugs concealed inside the food. She was immediately arrested and reportedly confessed to the crime under caution.