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Ever since the dissolution of the Berbice Anti Smuggling Squad (BASS), the Police have been making steady steady drug busts at the illegal back track crossing on the Corentyne River in collaboration with the enforcement arm of the GRA.Dundas heading to jailA Cayenne-based Guyanese, who has been living in French Guyana for over 20 years,Steven Gerrard Jersey, was sentenced to three years in jail,Kobe Bryant USA Jersey, yesterday, after he pleaded guilty to the charge of possession of narcotics for the purpose of trafficking. He was further fined $1.8M.The man Elias Dundas,Jarrad Davis Youth Jersey, 43, a maintenance worker of Lot 14,Richard Dent Bears Jersey, Ves Place, France and of Goed Fortuin, West Bank Demerara, pleaded guilty when he appeared before Magistrate Charlene Artiga at the No. 51 Magistrate’s Court.Prosecutor Sergeant Bernard Brown told the court that on Thursday the police along with officers of the GRA were performing duty at No. 78 Foreshore Gloves,NFL Jerseys Supply, Back Track Area, Corentyne, Berbice.The officers were monitoring activities and searching outgoing passengers who were on their way to Suriname when they stopped and searched Dundas who was among the passengers.As the officers were searching a large multi coloured traveling bag, that Dundas was carrying they found a black plastic bag containing something.The officers opened the plastic bag and found a quantity of transparent plastic wrap containing a whitish substance suspected to be cocaine.The man was arrested and cautioned and he claimed that he purchased the drugs for US$4,Adam Eaton Jersey,000. He was told of the offence, arrested and taken to the Springlands Police Station with the cocaine.At the station the substance was tested and weighed and amounted to 1.26 kilos.The unrepresented Dundas, in pleading guilty stated that he does not want to waste the court’s time.The man who had arrived in the country one week ago had revealed that he was on his way to France via Suriname. He had planned to roll the drugs into 93 pellets and swallow them whilst in Suriname. He said that he was expected to make a whopping 26,000 Euro if it was safely delivered.He did not say if it was the first time he was using the particular route to conduct the act,Ethan Pocic Jersey, but stated that the investment was good. |
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