Last Updated on Wednesday, 29 July 2026, 9:33 by Denis Chabrol
A Colombian man has been fined and jailed after he pleaded guikty to being in possession of 56.296 kilogrammes of cocaine for the purpose of trafficking, the Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) said Wednesday.
Several other foreign and Guyanese nationals are in custody pending investigation, that anti-drugs agency also said.
CANU said Venezuelan Gerardo Martinez and Colombian Revelino Ascue were arrested on July 24 in the vicinity of
Providence Public Road, East Bank Demerara, where a motor vehicle was intercepted.
CANU said a search of the vehicle uncovered 50 brick-like parcels of cocaine, weighing
55.296 kilograms.
That law enforcement department of the Ministry of Home Affairs said during a court appearance before Diamond Magistrate Dylon Bess, Ascue pleaded guilty and was sentenced to four years
imprisonment, together with a fine of GYD$82,944,000
However, Martinez pleaded not guilty and
was remanded to prison, CANU also said.
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