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A 25-year-old British man was yesterday jailed for three years after he was found guilty of possession of narcotics for the purpose of trafficking.The accused,Marlon Humphrey Jersey, Kwesi Headley,Andre Branch Dolphins Jersey, was sentenced by Magistrate Leslie Sobers at the Providence Magistrate’s Court.In October 2010,Wholesale Authentic Jerseys, Headley was charged for being in possession of 12.3 kilograms of cocaine; Headley was about to board a New York bound Delta Airlines flight when the drug was found in his possession,Cheap Jerseys Free, at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport, Timehri.According to Prosecutor Shellon Daniels, the drug was found hidden in salted fish and in a Marvex bottle. The items were first detected in the man’s suitcase, by a scanner. The suitcase was then searched by Police Anti-Narcotics ranks,NFL Jerseys From China, who were suspicious about the items.One of the fish was cut open and a white powered substance was found in it, the Marvex bottle was also cut open and the same substance was found in it. The substance subsequently tested positive as cocaine.The Magistrate in handing down his sentence, said that he was not satisfied with the case put forward by the man’s lawyer,Artemi Panarin Jersey, Sonia Parag. Ms. Parag in her client’s defence had told the court that her client had no knowledge of the cocaine. The lawyer had argued that her client was given the items by a relative to take to the United States.The Magistrate told the accused that he is not satisfied; since Headley was unable to say to whom the items were to be given. He further told the accused that he hardly believes that the United States has a shortage of bleach for him to be taking bleach to that country.The man’s lawyer then asked that her client be given a light sentence given the fact that he had already spent one year in prison because he was unable to post bail.The magistrate took that into consideration and imposed the three-year sentence. |
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