Christopher Thomas, STAR Writer
WESTERN BUREAU:

A St Catherine businesswoman, arrested after seven and a half pounds of compressed ganja were allegedly found in her luggage, had her case set for mention on May 6, when she appeared in the Montego Bay Resident Magistrate's Court on Wednesday.

Winsome Broadber from Spanish Town is charged with possession of, dealing in and attempting to export ganja.

Allegations are that on November 23, 2014, about 9 a.m., Broadber was checking in on a Caribbean Airlines flight to Kingston, at the Sangster International Airport in Montego Bay, when her luggage was searched.

Two of her suitcases were found with false compartments, in which three packages were subsequently found. When opened, the packages were revealed to contain vegetable matter resembling ganja. Broadber was arrested.

The court was told that the chain-of-custody statement was still outstanding from the prosecution's case file.

Presiding magistrate Carolyn Tie subsequently extended Broadber's bail until May 6, while also ordering that the investigating officer should be warned to attend court on the next occasion.