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Man, 53, jailed for coke possession

Sep 16, 2015 Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News

Wayne Gilkes, called ‘Tony’, 53, said to be a known drug dealer of D, Edward Village West Coast Berbice was on Tuesday sentenced to three years in jail by Magistrate Shurdel Isaacs-Marcus. He had appeared before her at the New Amsterdam Magistrate’s Court on a charge of possession of narcotics for the purpose of trafficking.
Police Prosecutor, Sergeant Phillip Sheriff, told the court that on Saturday September 5, last, a joint service patrol unit conducted a raid on the premises of businessman Richard Evans called “Piggy Mouth” of Lot 12 “A” D’ Edward Village, West Bank Berbice .
During the raid the police searched Gilkes and found one white and yellow plastic parcel containing a transparent plastic bag with a quantity of whitish rock-like substance which was concealed in his left Clarks boots.
The man was arrested and the substance was taken possession of. It was subsequently weighed and tested and found to be 30 grams of cocaine.
In court Gilkes pleaded guilty. He was also fined $30,000.

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