The 25 year old woman, who was named as the consignee for the massive shipment of arms and ammunition intercepted in Miami last month while destined for Jamaica, has been detained by the police.
She was taken into custody after being questioned for more than an hour on Monday by detectives from the Counter-Terrorism and Organised Crime Investigation Branch (C-TOC).
Her attorney, Oswest Senior Smith, described her detention as strange.
“She was informed that she was to be detained on reasonable suspicion of conspiracy to import firearms onto the island,” Smith told RJR News, but declared that “there’s no case that they have managed to mount so far against her.”
It was probably for that reason, he speculated, that so far she has not been charged with a crime.
Mr. Smith is maintaining that his client had no knowledge of the guns and ammunition, which were disguised as food and household items in several barrels.
One hundred and seventeen illegal guns, including several rifles, and more than 200 rounds of ammunition were intercepted by US Border Protection Agents at Miami International Airport last month.
The shipment was reportedly intended for a criminal gang in Montego Bay, St James.
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