Sophia woman held smuggling cannabis into prison in box for inmate
Prison officers at the Georgetown Prison caught Sophia resident Tachanna Henry with bags of suspected cannabis hidden in a box she was sending to Mazaruni prisoner Kevon Alfred on 7 October 2026. She was taken to the Alberttown Police Station with the cannabis.
🇬🇾 Georgetown Prison, Georgetown · Guyana
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Tachanna Henry of C Field, Sophia, was detained around 10.15 a.m. on Wednesday 7 October 2026 while visiting the Georgetown Prison.[1] Officers searched a box she intended to send to Kevon Alfred, a prisoner housed at the Mazaruni facility, and found several plastic bags of leaves, seeds and stems suspected to be cannabis.[1]
Henry was told of the discovery and taken to the Alberttown Police Station along with the suspected cannabis.[1] Director of Prisons Nicklon Elliot warned that attempts to introduce contraband into prisons carry serious legal consequences and commended the officers for their vigilance.[1]
Sources
- Sophia woman arrested after ganja found in box for prisoner. Guyana News Pulse, 7 October 2026. In English.
Open questions the AI reported
- Only the News Pulse account of this arrest could be opened; a second outlet listing and a removed reprint confirm the same facts but could not be read in full.
- The quantity of cannabis was described only as several plastic bags; no weight was published.
- Whether Henry was charged or appeared in court is not reported.