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Three years for cocaine possession

Jan 17, 2014 News

A ‘Globe Yard’ resident was jailed Wednesday for three years after he pleaded guilty to the charge of Possession of Narcotics for the Purpose of Trafficking.
Shafeek Khan appeared before Magistrate Judy Latchman at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court, where he was told that coupled with his sentence; he will also pay a fine of $10,000 for being in possession of two grams of cocaine.
On January 11, Khan was apprehended at Waterloo Street, Georgetown by plain-clothes policemen who were on foot patrol when they noticed him behaving in what was described as a suspicious manner.
Police Prosecutor Sergeant Vishnu Hunt told the court that the ranks had received information and went into ‘Globe Yard’ on the said street when they noticed several persons sitting under a shed.
They conducted a search and Khan was found with a bottle in his hand which contained creamish rock-like substances which they suspected to be cocaine.
Sergeant Vishnu Hunt told the court that the man was told of the offence, cautioned and arrested. The substance was then weighed and confirmed to be cocaine. It amounted to two grams.

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