Mia gets Sept. 5 court date

Guyana Chronicle
August 4, 2003

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FORMER beauty queen Mia Rahaman has been given another date with an Ontario court - September 5.

That's after a brief appearance in Brampton, Ontario, on Friday for another hearing on the illicit drug possession charge she has been slapped with.

Mia was nabbed by Customs officers at Pearson International Airport on May 21 on a flight from Guyana.

The authorities there allege that after she looked suspicious, they searched and uncovered a total of 7.5 kilograms of cocaine in her luggage and cosmetics.

Mia, who is out on bail, is being represented by Guyanese-born attorney Dhaman Kissoon.

Friday's three-minute hearing was restricted to photographers.

But Raynier Maharaj of The Caribbean Camera told the Chronicle that Mr. Kissoon asked for more time to study recent information he has received from the prosecution and that the court obliged, adjourning the case to September 5.

Mia has had to surrender her passport and other travel documents and is restricted to the province of Ontario until the determination of the case.

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