A drug mule was on Tuesday handed an 18-month prison sentence after pleading guilty to exporting more than one pound of cocaine.

Twenty-six-year-old Sherice Blake Brown pleaded guilty to possession of cocaine, dealing in cocaine, and taking steps to export cocaine when she appeared in the Kingston and St Andrew Parish Court.

The cocaine was found on May 15 when Blake Brown was stopped and interviewed after arriving at the Norman Manley International Airport at approximately 5:15 pm.

The court was told that the cocaine was found in her body cavity.

Attorney Peter Champagnie, during mitigation, told the court that his client had no previous conviction and that her reason for attempting to smuggle the cocaine, which weighed one pound and 13 ounces, would insult the intelligence of the court.

She was subsequently fined $150,000 or six months for possession of cocaine, $250,000 or six months for dealing in cocaine, and $300,000 or six months for taking steps to export cocaine in addition to the 18 months.

If the fines are not paid, she will serve six months concurrently and 18 months to run consecutively.

Blake Brown, whom the court heard is employed to a loans company, is also charged under the Proceeds of Crime Act, and is scheduled to appear in the Circuit Court on June 17.

— Racquel Porter