Abdool Shakoor
Abdool Shakoor, one of two men busted on Monday by Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) officers on the #65 Village Public Road, Corentyne with 142 pounds of marijuana in a car, was on Thursday jailed for 45 months and fined $58,140,000.
Arraigned with his co-defendant before Whim Magistrate Rabindranauth Singh, the 33-year-old
Shakoor admitted that on Monday, on the #65 Village Public Road, Corentyne, he had in his possession 142 pounds (64.6kg) of marijuana for the purpose of trafficking.
According to CANU, Shakoor, of Lot 36 #78 Village Corriverton, and Yogindra Bheemsingh, 33, of Bank Road Corriverton, were intercepted by ranks, who searched the motorcar in which they were travelling and uncovered three large, bulky parcels containing a quantity of leaves, seeds and stems suspected to be cannabis. The men were thus arrested, and, with the narcotics, escorted to CANU Headquarters in Region Six.
