Kitty man gets 3 years for Norton Street drug bust

For Tuesday’s drug bust at Norton Street, Wortmanville, Georgetown, 45-year-old Eon Martin of Pike Street, Kitty, Georgetown, was sentenced to three years, six months’ imprisonment.
On Friday, the Pike Street, Kitty, Georgetown resident appeared before Senior Magistrate Leron Daly at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts where he confessed to trafficking 1.158 kilograms of cocaine. Apart from being sent to jail, he was also fined $1,737,000.
According to a statement from the Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU), on February 21, its agents conducted an operation at a property located on Norton Street, Wortmanville, Georgetown.
A search of the premises was conducted in the presence of two persons that were present at the time, which led to the discovery of a brick-like parcel, which later tested positive for cocaine.

This led to the arrest of Martin and another man, 50-year-old Andre Clarke of the said Norton Street address. As such, both of them were taken to CANU’s Headquarters. CANU said the estimated street value of the cocaine is GY$1.11 million. No charges were brought against Clarke.
Last year August, Clarke, and Akeem Lashley, 27, were arrested by CANU after 1.5 kilograms of cocaine, carrying a street value of GY$1.5 million, was found at Clarke’s home. Lashley pleaded guilty to the drug trafficking charge and was jailed for four years and fined $2.3 million, while Clarke pleaded not guilty and was released on $150,000 bail.
Clarke is no stranger to law enforcement officers. In fact, in 2011, he was arrested on a drug trafficking charge after 590 grams of cocaine was found buried in his yard.

The charge was, however, withdrawn against him the following year by the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP). Since then, he has been a person of interest to CANU and several investigations into his operations led to his arrest this week and in 2022.
CANU has described Clarke as a “known drug trafficker”.