A police officer from Jamaica has pled guilty in federal district court in Fort Lauderdale to importing more than 1,000 grams of cocaine into the United States, a portion of which was found in her vagina.
As part of her guilty plea, 42-year-old Shelian Cherine Allen, admitted that on February 3, she arrived at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport on a flight from Montego Bay, Jamaica.
An inspection by US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) revealed that Allen had a package of cocaine inside her vagina and a package of cocaine inside each of her bra cups.
Allen also had 90 pellets of packaged cocaine inside her stomach, which she had swallowed. CBP officers took Allen to a local hospital, where she expelled the 90 pellets.
In total, Allen had over 1,000 grams of cocaine on or inside her body when she entered the United States: about 200 in her vagina, about 143 grams in her bra, and about 690 grams inside her stomach.
At the time of her arrest, Allen was a law enforcement officer employed by the Jamaica Constabulary Force. She has since been suspended.
United States District Judge Rodolfo A. Ruiz II will sentence Allen on June 15 in federal district court in Fort Lauderdale.
Allen faces up to 40 years in federal prison.
The Jamaican is also accused of being the leader of a lottery scamming network.
Investigations, so far, indicates that she defrauded nearly 20 people of more than US$1 million.
According to a signed affidavit by US Homeland Security, Allen is accused of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and conspiracy to commit fraud.
Details of that case were not provided up to publication time.
