U.S. citizen nabbed with cocaine at CJIA

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An American citizen was busted with more than four kilograms of cocaine on Wednesday at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport while checking in for a Caribbean Airlines flight.
Twenty-five-year- old Briana Ashley Rodney was taken into custody after ranks from the Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) discovered 4.130 kg of cocaine in her suitcase sometime around 13: 00h.
CANU head James Singh confirmed that the bust was made and the woman had been taken into custody pending investigations.
According to reports reaching Guyana Times International, Rodney was a passenger of outgoing flight BW526 to New York. During a scan, CANU ranks discovered a strange object in the woman’s suit case and became suspicious.
The woman was taken into custody and a search was conducted on the luggage during which the drug was found in a false wall.
She was then arrested and taken to CANU headquarters where she assisted with the investigations.
Further information received disclosed that the woman mentioned a name to investigators and efforts are being made to contact the person.
Investigations conducted revealed several inconsistencies in the woman’s statements. Rodney reportedly told investigators that her uncle gave her the cocaine.
The woman’s suitcase had an address of Hadfield Street, Lodge, Georgetown; however, she gave investigators an address at Lamaha Park, Georgetown.
This publication understands that Rodney has visited Guyana on several occasions before, with her last visit being in 2012. The 25-year-old woman has reportedly been in Guyana since March and was returning home when the bust was made.
Rodney told investigators that she is a social worker and is currently attending a university in the U. S., studying law.

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