At the request of a prosecutor appointed to the Immediate Reaction Unit (Unidad de Reacción Inmediata URI in spanish) of the Sectional Office in Bolívar, a judge imposed a prison sentence on British citizen Jake John Paul Smith, allegedly responsible for trafficking, manufacture or possession of narcotics.
The facts under investigation took place on October 22 at the international airport in Cartagena. The defendant, 33 years old, allegedly tried to leave the country for Panama with narcotics inside his suitcase.
Inspections carried out by the Anti-Narcotics Police on passengers’ luggage who were travelling abroad detected an unusual weight in the foreigner’s suitcase. During the inspection, the authorities found two plastic bags containing 2 kilos and 156 grams of cocaine.
The foreign citizen did not plead guilty to the charges brought against him. The defendant was sent to San Sebastián Ternera prison in Cartagena.
The information contained in this press release corresponds to the narration of the objective news provided by the officials in charge of carrying out criminal investigations within the Office of the Attorney General. By the time this communication is disclosed, the legal status of the people mentioned is still pending to be resolved by the competent judicial authority, always under the presumption of innocence contemplated by Article 29 of the Political Constitution and Article 7 of Law 906 of 2004.