Trio jailed, fined $1.7M each for drug trafficking

Three persons nabbed with narcotics by the Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) were on Friday found guilty as charged at the conclusion of their trial before Georgetown Magistrate Annette Singh. They have each been sentenced to a two-year term of imprisonment, and have each been fined $1.7 million.
Lena Narine, 63, Sherlan Edmonson, 54, and Earl Branch, 49, were charged in January of this year with the offence of trafficking 1.050 kilograms (2.3 pounds) of cocaine, found on January 27, 2023 at their residence at Lot 295 Shantiniketan Street, Prasad Nagar, Georgetown. The drug has a local street value of $1.1 million.
CANU reported that on the day in question, its ranks conducted an operation at the premises along Shantiniketan Street, Prasad Nagar, Georgetown and discovered the cocaine. The three convicts were present during that operation.
Narine had been arrested in 2022 after 10 parcels of cocaine and a quantity of ecstasy were found at 295 Shantiniketan Street, Prashad Nagar, Georgetown. This publication is, however, unaware of the legal status of that matter.