Lisa Ramnarine has been found guilty of trafficking 540 grams of cocaine that had been concealed in Hindu religious items and was sentenced to 32 months’ imprisonment and fined $810,000.
Ramnarine appeared before Magistrate Leron Daly at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court, where the charge of possession of cocaine for the purpose of trafficking was proven against her. The court imposed the custodial sentence along with the mandatory fine.
The case stemmed from an incident on June 7, 2022, when ranks of the Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU), acting on information received, went to DHL Guyana, located at 50 E Fifth Street, Alberttown, Georgetown.
During the operation, officers intercepted a package addressed to Ramnarine containing Hindu religious items, including a Havan Kund. On examination, ranks discovered a quantity of suspected cocaine concealed in a hidden compartment of the Kund.
CANU retrieved the sender’s information from the package, which led to the arrest of Ramnarine, then 23, of Hague, West Coast Demerara. She was taken to CANU Headquarters, where the religious item was dismantled in her presence. Tests confirmed that the substance was cocaine, weighing 540 grams.
