2 drivers plead guilty to DUI, fined

Two motorists, Eon Martin Perreira and Zaheer Khaleel, each appeared before separate magistrates’ courts last week, where they pleaded guilty to Driving Under the Influence (DUI) and were fined a total of $350,000 in relation to their traffic offences committed on February 4, 2026.
In the first case, Perreira, 49, of Meten-Meer-Zorg, West Coast Demerara, was charged with driving a motor vehicle while his breath alcohol level exceeded the prescribed limit, following investigations into a minor accident that occurred around 23:00h on Wednesday, along Hauraruni on the Soesdyke–Linden Highway.
Perreira was arrested on the night of the incident and subsequently charged on Friday, February 6, contrary to Section 39(A)(1) of the Motor Vehicle and Road Traffic Act, Chapter 51:02.

He appeared at the Friendship Magistrate’s Courts before Magistrate Temeika Clarke, where the charge was read to him. Perreira pleaded guilty and was fined $150,000, with four months’ imprisonment in default of payment.
Meanwhile, Zaheer Khaleel, the driver of minibus BAB 5549, also pleaded guilty to a DUI charge when he appeared before the Diamond Magistrate’s Court.
Khaleel first appeared on Thursday, before Magistrate Dylon Bess, where he admitted to driving under the influence of alcohol. He was fined $200,000.
On the following day, Khaleel was again brought before the court in relation to a charge of dangerous driving, stemming from an incident that occurred on Wednesday, February 4, at 14th Avenue, Diamond, East Bank Demerara. He pleaded guilty to the charge.
However, the court was informed that the parties involved in the accident were not offering any evidence against him. As a result, the dangerous driving charge was dismissed.