“Dutchie” sentenced to 4 years, fined $1.3M for trafficking ganja

…female co-accused freed

A 39-year-old man, who is awaiting trial for conspiring to commit murder, was handed a four-year jail sentence and a $1,387,000 fine after admitting to trafficking over three pounds of marijuana.
Since he took the rap, the charge against his female co-accused was withdrawn.
Chatterpaul Singh called “Dutchie” from First Street Cummings Lodge, Greater Georgetown, appeared before Senior Magistrate Leron Daly on Friday and pleaded guilty.
He confessed that on February 21, at Norton Street, Georgetown, he had 1.542 kilograms (3.3 pounds) of Cannabis sativa in his possession for the purpose of trafficking.
A statement from the Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) said that on the day in question, its officers, acting on information received, conducted an operation at Norton Street, Georgetown.
While there, the officers intercepted a motor vehicle bearing registration number PHH 9387.

A subsequent search of the said vehicle was conducted in the presence of the driver, Singh, and another occupant, Anesia Ishfehani, 24, of Crown Dam Industry, East Coast Demerara (ECD), which led to the discovery of three brick-like parcels of seeds, leaves, and stems which tested positive for cannabis. As such, they were arrested and escorted to CANU’s Headquarters.
Like Singh, Ishfehani also appeared at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts on Friday where she pleaded not guilty to a similar charge. However, in light of Singh’s guilty plea, the charge against her was withdrawn. CANU had initially said that the narcotic has a street value of $500,000.
Meanwhile, in 2019, Singh and another man, Mark Grimmond, were committed to stand trial at the Demerara High Court for allegedly conspiring to murder a businessman.

Particulars of the charge against the pair stated that between April 1, 2018, and June 7, 2019, at Georgetown, they conspired with each other and persons unknown to murder Dwayne Grant.
According to the prosecution’s facts, Grant of Lethem, Region Nine (Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo) received information that the men were plotting to kill him and informed the Police.
When the Police arrested Singh at a hotel, he was reportedly found with a firearm and claimed that he was hired by Grimmond to murder the businessman.