Hamid Mohamed Ali was caught with a little more than two kilos of cocaine in his suitcase last week

A British citizen who was caught with a little more than two kilos of cocaine in his suitcase last week at Cheddi Jagan International Airport in Guyana was jailed and fined heavily. Magistrate Hazel Octave-Hamilton imposed a four year jail sentence and a $2.5 million dollar in fine on Hamid Mohamed Ali after he pleaded guilty to trafficking in narcotics. The Kaieteur News newspaper reported that Ali was carefully searched after he started to behave suspiciously and the cocaine was found in 37 mascara boxes in his suitcase.