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MIA
RAHAMAN
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The
former Guyanese beauty
queen,
on February 18 last, in a Brampton, Ontario court, pleaded guilty to
importing 7.5 kilos of cocaine into Canada and was sentenced to two years
house arrest, in addition to 240 hours of community service.
The
Toronto Sun said the RCMP wanted Rahaman to go to prison and quoted
Constable Arlene Flynn as saying, "We wanted something to deter young
people from smuggling drugs."
Rahaman, who was Guyana’s delegate at the Miss Universe Pageant in Puerto
Rico in 2002, was nabbed at the Pearson International Airport outside of
Toronto with the drug valued at some CAD$1M in her suitcase and jar
containing her personal cosmetics.
She
was made to post CAD$5,000 bail along with CAD$20, 000 surety for her
pre-trial freedom.
