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US-based Guyanese given three years hard labour for cocaine possession

Stabroek News: "A US-based Guyanese woman, who was held with TT$1.2 million in cocaine at the Piarco International Airport on Saturday, has been sentenced to three years hard labour.

Devika Lakhram, 36, who resides in Florida, pleaded guilty before Magistrate Debra Quintyne in the Arima Magistrates’ Court yesterday.

The court heard that Lakhram and her 34-year-old brother, Anand Lakhram, were at Piarco about to board Caribbean Airlines Flight BW 480 destined to Fort Lauderdale, Florida, when they were searched by detectives of the Organised Crime Narcotics and Firearms Bureau (OCNFB)."

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