By LAMECH JOHNSON
Tribune Staff Reporter
ljohnson@tribunemedia.net
A COURT seized more than $10,000 in US currency from a woman yesterday who failed to get formal permission to carry that amount of money out of the country.
Magistrate Andrew Forbes told 27-year-old Ketma Telfort that she was wrong to attempt to travel with US$10,554 on her person without getting permission from the proper authorities. He said she could have received a custodial sentence for her actions.
The Marathon Road resident was arraigned on a single charge of attempted exportation of restricted goods.
It was alleged that she failed to obtain Central Bank approval to carry the cash outside the country prior to Tuesday, January 24 when she was arrested at the Domestic/International Departure Security checkpoint at the Lynden Pindling International Airport.
Telfort pleaded guilty to the charge, which carries up to 24 months prison time. However, she was later granted an absolute discharge.
The court, instead, ordered the funds be confiscated and turned over to the Crown.
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