A Laing Avenue, Georgetown housewife, who was reportedly caught red-handed trying to smuggle marijuana under her skirt to her reputed husband at the Camp Street Prison, was on Friday taken before city Magistrate Fabayo Azore.
The charge stated that on April 19, Purvina Kissoon had in her possession 278 grams of cannabis at Lot 12 Camp Street for the purpose of trafficking.
The unrepresented 35-year-old woman denied the charge, but Police Prosecutor Simone Payne nonetheless objected to bail, based on the nature of the felony and the penalty it attracted.
According to the prosecution’s case, the woman entered the Camp Street Prison to visit her reputed husband, and was seen by a prison officer placing her hand under her skirt and removing an object, which she threw into a corner of the room.
The alerted officer then asked her to leave the room and retrieved the bag, which was revealed to contain three parcels of leaves, seeds and stems suspected to be cannabis. Kissoon was later arrested and taken to the Alberttown Police Station where the substance was weighed and sealed in her presence.
The woman was remanded to prison and will make her next court appearance on May 12, 2017.
