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Berbice barber gets five years, fined $4.9M

Mar 27, 2010 News

Joel Alert, a 35-year-old barber of 35 Canefield Village, East Canje, Berbice, has been fined $4.9M and sent to jail for five years for trafficking in narcotics. Failure to pay the fine would lead him to a further ten months in jail.
He was charged for possession of narcotics for the purposes of trafficking after police found 1.8 kilograms of marijuana in his house.
He pleaded guilty on Thursday when he appeared before Magistrate Adela Nagamootoo.
According to the facts presented by prosecutor Roberto Figuiera, the police acting on information swooped down on the man’s home and met him in his yard.
They then told him of their suspicion and subsequently searched the two-storey building. During their search in the kitchen they found a green, grey and black haversack in which was a taped parcel.
When the parcel was opened the ranks found compressed marijuana. Before being sentenced the man reportedly said he was sorry and asked the magistrate for leniency.

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