3 convicted drug mules wanted by CANU

The Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) is seeking the public’s assistance in locating three persons – two men and a woman who were jailed in absentia for drug trafficking.
Commitment warrants have since been issued for Jason Dhanpat of Theatre Alley, New Amsterdam, Berbice; Kevin Gordon of Jib Housing Scheme, Charity, Essequibo Coast, and Marsha De Caires, 29, of Happy Acres, East Coast Demerara (ECD).
On July 22, Magistrate Peter Hugh found Dhanpat guilty of trafficking 255 pounds of marijuana following a trial at the Cove and John Magistrate’s Court. Dhanpat was sentenced to two years and seven months’ imprisonment in his absence.
Dhanpat was among four men who were arrested by Police following the discovery of the illicit substance in bags in a wooden vessel and taxi at Hope/Nooten Zuil, Lowland, ECD, on July 28, 2018.
Meanwhile, Gordon and another man were held over the discovery of 210 pounds of cocaine on a boat in the Pomeroon River, Essequibo, on July 17, 2017. CANU in a statement had said Guyana Defence Force (GDF) Coast Guards were on patrol when they intercepted the vessel offshore.
After a trial on June 22, 2020, at the Charity Magistrate’s Court, Magistrate Esther Sam found Gordon guilty of the offence. She sentenced him to two years’ imprisonment, along with a fine of $99,701,700, in his absence.
Finally, 29-year-old De Caires, who was charged with trafficking 3.770 kilograms of cocaine was found guilty of the offence on July 6, 2017. She was sentenced to four years’ imprisonment in her absence and fined $10.7 million by Magistrate Alisha George presiding at the Sparendaam Magistrates’ Courts.
It was reported that De Caires met with someone who linked her with a male associate. They arranged for her to traffic the cocaine to Barbados for some US$2000.
On March 26, 2015, she was arrested while boarding a LIAT plane to Barbados at the Eugene F Correia Airport, when a CANU officer found four packets containing the illegal substance in her luggage.
Meanwhile, anyone with information about the whereabouts of the three convicted drug traffickers is being asked to contact CANU headquarters on 227-3507/226-0431 or the nearest Police station. All information will be treated with the strictest of confidence.