Berbice taxi driver busted with 257lbs ganja jailed, fined $104M
Naasik Alli, the 32-year-old taxi driver who was busted with 257.15lbs of cannabis sativa on Wednesday, has been sentenced to three years and eight months’ imprisonment and fined approximately $104 million.
Jailed, Naasik Alli
Alli, a resident of No. 75 Village Corriverton, East Berbice, having appeared before Albion Magistrate Tuanna Hardy yesterday and pleading guilty as charged, was sentenced to 3 years and eight months’ imprisonment, and fined $104,977,620.
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Alli was reportedly intercepted with more than $34 million worth of ganja in his vehicle during an operation conducted at #45 Village, Corentyne, Berbice.
The police have said that ranks intercepted Toyota Spacio HD 732, which was at the time driven by Alli, and a search of the vehicle unearthed seven salt bags containing 53 parcels wrapped in transparent plastic and suspected to contain cannabis sativa (ganja).
The ganja that was found in the convict’s car
Alli was told of the offence committed, and was taken into custody. The parcels were subsequently weighed and amounted to 116,641 grams (257lbs) of the narcotic, which has an estimated street value of $34,992,383.
