A woman was on Wednesday fined for attempting to smuggle cannabis to her brother who is in the lock ups at the Brickdam Police Station.
Rachel McClair, 22, of Ruimveldt, Georgetown, pleaded guilty to the charge when she appeared before Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan, at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts.
It is alleged that on September 27, 2016, at the Brickdam Police Station, she attempted to traffic two grams of cannabis.
The court heard that on the day in question, the defendant approached a Police Constable and gave him a box of food to deliver to her brother.
However, when the box was checked, a transparent plastic was found with the cannabis hidden inside of the food. The defendant was told of the offence, arrested and charged.
She told the Magistrate that she was sorry and only carried out the act because she was ‘confused’.
She was fined G$15,000 and given four weeks community service.
