Toni Lee Danso, a Canadian national, pleaded guilty to a single charge of importation of ganja.[1] She had made her initial Summary Court appearance one week after being arrested.[1] Magistrate Angelyn Hernandez sentenced Danso to 18 months’ imprisonment, with a recommendation for deportation on completion of the sentence.[1]
Danso attempted to smuggle 18 pounds of ganja into Cayman in hollowed-out compartments of her suitcase.[1] Officers found what appeared to be packages of ganja concealed beneath a false bottom on both sides of the suitcase.[1] Officers removed 18 heat-sealed packages of ganja weighing a total of 18 pounds from the suitcase.[1]
Danso arrived aboard a WestJet flight from Toronto, Canada, on 10 February that year.[1] During immigration screening, Customs and Border Control officers noticed what they described as a strong odour of glue coming from her luggage.[1] Danso admitted that she had lied to officers when initially confronted.[1] She later told Customs and Border Control and police that she had received the luggage two days before arriving in Cayman from a man she knew only as Ruben.[1] Danso said she did not know how the ganja got into her bag because airport staff in Toronto had shown her an X-ray of the bag and cleared it.[1] The court ordered the luggage and the drugs to be destroyed.[1]
