Zackre Montague said he was offered J$200,000 to fetch cocaine and agreed to do the job because he was in desperate need of the money. He pleaded guilty to trafficking in narcotics. He was later sentenced to three years in prison and fined GYD$10,000(USD$49). Montague checked in his suitcase on a Caribbean Airlines flight to Jamaica via Port of Spain.Massiah said CANU officers who were on duty noticed that Montague was acting in a suspicious manner at the internal scanner and approached him.
Based on his response to their questions, Massiah said, he was taken to the external scanner where he was asked to point out his suitcase. He pointed out a black suitcase to the officers who, on checking the interior, discovered two tins. They were searched and the cocaine was found.
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