Twenty-nine-year-old Andrew Samuel Sealey of Angoy’s Avenue, New Amsterdam, who has been busted with 3.9kg of cannabis by the Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU), was on Friday sentenced to two years and nine months’ imprisonment, and fined $3.5 million.
Andrew Sealey
His case was tried by New Amsterdam Magistrate Renita Singh, who exercised her discretion and imposed on him a sentence of less severity, since he was a first-time offender.
It was reported that CANU officers conducted an operation at Patrick Dam, Angoy’s Avenue on September 20, during which they arrested Sealey with a plastic bag containing five smaller black plastic bags which each contained ganja.a
He and the cannabis were taken to CANU Headquarters, where the cannabis was weighed and amounted to 3.930 kg, which has an estimated street value of $3.5 million.
The Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit is encouraging the general public to be aware of illegal activities occurring in and around their communities, and not be hesitant to report same to law enforcement officials.
