Five on drugs charges

Bridgetown.

Four of the ten passengers detained at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEH) after arriving on a Caribbean Airways flight from Jamaica last Wednesday, have been charged with drug possession .

Gregory DaSantos, 23. of Fairy Valley, Christ Church, who allegedly passed out more than 150 packages of marijuana,will appear in the District B Magistrates' Court today to answer the charge.

Also schedule to appear in the same court today are, Jamaicans DeShawn Campbell, 35 charged in connection with more than 40 packages. Christopher Jarrett, 33, charged with having more then packages and Casavia  Walker, 36, accused of having more than 80 packages.

Another Jamaican, Sonia Fraser, 37 is also facing charges of attempting to smuggle more than five pounds of marijuana into Barbados.The drugs were allegedly hidden among her private parts and strapped to her legs when she arrived at the Grantley Adams International Airport yesterday morning.