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British man gets 4 yrs for swallowing cocaine pellets

Jan 10, 2012 News

 

A British man who admitted to Acting Chief Magistrate Priya Beharry that he swallowed several cocaine pellets because of ‘hard times’ will be spending the next four years in prison.
Yesterday 21-year-old Nishit Nitin Patel of London made his appearance at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court. The charge read that on December 31, last at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport, he ingested 29 pellets filled with cocaine.
To the charge Patel pleaded guilty and told the court that things have become very hard back in London and that his mother is on the verge of being evicted from her apartment. As such Patel said that he decided to take a chance.
The court was told by prosecutor for the Customs Anti Narcotics Unit, Oswald Massiah, that on the day in question the accused was about to board a flight destined for London via Barbados. He added that the man was under surveillance and it is believed that he had done similar acts in the past since records show that he was in Guyana on a previous occasion.
Meanwhile ever since his arrest on December 31st Patel was hospitalized and has excreted 29 pellets all totally 352 grams.
Patel pleaded with the Magistrate to be lenient with him. He also asked the magistrate to grant a request of having him spend his sentence at the Lusignan prison.
Patel was sentenced to four years’ imprisonment and fined $30,000.

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