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Drug mule dies at Kingston Public Hospital (KPH)
published: Thursday | November 16, 2006 <DIV class=KonaBody>
Glenroy Sinclair, Senior Crime Reporter
Four years after she was convicted for attempting to smuggle 1.6 kilograms of cocaine into the United Kingdom, 43-year-old Majorie Elizabeth McBean was at it again. This time she paid the price of smuggling cocaine with her life.
Head of the Narcotics Division, Senior Superintendent Carlton Wilson, said Miss McBean died at the Kingston Public Hospital (KPH) about 4:30 yesterday morning, several hours after she had arrived on a flight from Panama.
"She arrived on a COPA flight from Panama Tuesday evening. We suspected that she was carrying drugs. A cylindrical-shaped parcel containing 21 pellets of heroin was later removed from her cavity," said SSP Wilson.
Feeling ill
The deceased, who is of a Great Pond address in Ocho Rios, St. Ann, began complaining of feeling ill. She was taken to the KPH by the narcotics police where she was admitted.
"This is a staunch reminder of what the conveyance of drugs can do to individuals," the narcotics chief commented.
The senior officer told The Gleaner that preliminary investigations suggest that it was the effect of the heroin that caused her death.
Speaking with The Gleaner yesterday, Dr. Raymoth Notice, a general practitioner, explained that if heroin is in the body in large concentrations, it will be absorbed into the bloodstream. This, he said, can have an effect on blood pressure and the heart.
According to information found on the website drug-information.org, in its purest form, heroin is a fine white, granular powder. It can also be rose, grey, brown or black coloured. Its tint reflects the relative purity of the drug and what additives have been used to dilute it, which can include sugar, caffeine or other substances.
A person using the drug can feel extroverted, able to communicate easily with others and may experience a sensation of heightened sexual performance - but not for long. The drug quickly breaks down the immune system, finally leaving one sickly, gaunt and ultimately dead. </DIV></DIV>
Drug mule dies at Kingston Public Hospital (KPH)
published: Thursday | November 16, 2006 <DIV class=KonaBody>
Glenroy Sinclair, Senior Crime Reporter
Four years after she was convicted for attempting to smuggle 1.6 kilograms of cocaine into the United Kingdom, 43-year-old Majorie Elizabeth McBean was at it again. This time she paid the price of smuggling cocaine with her life.
Head of the Narcotics Division, Senior Superintendent Carlton Wilson, said Miss McBean died at the Kingston Public Hospital (KPH) about 4:30 yesterday morning, several hours after she had arrived on a flight from Panama.
"She arrived on a COPA flight from Panama Tuesday evening. We suspected that she was carrying drugs. A cylindrical-shaped parcel containing 21 pellets of heroin was later removed from her cavity," said SSP Wilson.
Feeling ill
The deceased, who is of a Great Pond address in Ocho Rios, St. Ann, began complaining of feeling ill. She was taken to the KPH by the narcotics police where she was admitted.
"This is a staunch reminder of what the conveyance of drugs can do to individuals," the narcotics chief commented.
The senior officer told The Gleaner that preliminary investigations suggest that it was the effect of the heroin that caused her death.
Speaking with The Gleaner yesterday, Dr. Raymoth Notice, a general practitioner, explained that if heroin is in the body in large concentrations, it will be absorbed into the bloodstream. This, he said, can have an effect on blood pressure and the heart.
According to information found on the website drug-information.org, in its purest form, heroin is a fine white, granular powder. It can also be rose, grey, brown or black coloured. Its tint reflects the relative purity of the drug and what additives have been used to dilute it, which can include sugar, caffeine or other substances.
A person using the drug can feel extroverted, able to communicate easily with others and may experience a sensation of heightened sexual performance - but not for long. The drug quickly breaks down the immune system, finally leaving one sickly, gaunt and ultimately dead. </DIV></DIV>