Latest update February 20th, 2025 12:39 PM
Parika man sentenced to five years for trafficking ‘Poppy’
Kaieteur News – Thirty-year-old Andy Jainandan of Parika, East Bank Essequibo (EBE) was on Tuesday sentenced to five years imprisonment after he pleaded guilty to trafficking 12lbs of imported marijuana, commonly known by its street name ‘poppy’ when he appeared at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court.
Jailed for trafficking imported marijuana, Andy Jainandan
Jainandan was also fined $5.4M when he appeared before Magistrate Dylon Bess.
On Saturday, the Customs Anti-Narcotics unit (CANU) nabbed Jainandan with the drugs along the Zeeburg Public Road, West Coast Demerara (WCD). The drugs were wrapped in five brick-like packages and stashed in a haversack.
According to CANU the confiscated drugs is worth some $1.8M.
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