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Convicted drug trafficker Shaheed ‘Roger’ Khan lands in Guyana

Sep 06, 2019 News

After being on the run from authorities here, Shaheed ‘Roger’ Khan was arrested in neighbouring Suriname in 2006 and then flown to Trinidad where US agents took control of him. He was taken to New York and charged.
Khan, who was jailed in October 2009 for up to 15 years, asked the US court earlier this year to release him early, based on new regulations.
He was sentenced to a total of 40 years’ imprisonment on three separate charges by US Judge, Dora Irizarry. In 2009 she accepted the plea bargain agreement he had reached with prosecutors.
However, two of the sentences, 10 years for an illegal firearm possession charge, and 15 years for witness tampering, ran concurrently with the other 15-year jail term.
In addition to the jail time, Roger Khan had to undergo supervised release for five years although according to the judge, he is likely to be deported.
However, Khan was also accused of executing competitors in the drug trade.
He was deeply feared and owned several properties. He even built a housing scheme at Farm, East Bank Demerara.
Khan was considered to be the country’s most powerful drug trafficker.
He was said to have close ties to the then People’s Progressive Party/Civic with the late ex-Home Affairs Minister, Ronald Gajraj acting as conduit for the revered “Phantom Squad”.

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