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US citizen gets four years for heroine

Oct 05, 2012 News

A US citizen who was indicted in 2009 for possession of heroine will now face four years in a local penitentiary after he was found guilty.
Jose Manuel Rajos of Lot 114-33 128th Street, Ozone Park, Queens, New York, initially pleaded not guilty to having 1.208 kilos of heroine which was found in his suitcase back in November of 2009, but was sentenced yesterday to four years imprisonment and ordered to pay a $30,000 fine by (ag) Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry after the court found sufficient evidence to convict him for the crime.
Rojas who was out on bail pending a lengthy trial became tearful subsequent to the ruling.
The case was prosecuted by CANU Prosecutor Oswald Massiah. In his closing statement, Massiah said that the accused had knowledge of the crime since he claimed that he packed the suitcase that contained the illegal substance. The prosecutor also requested that the court take into consideration the evidence led by prosecution witnesses.

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