Region 2 man jailed for 4 years on new drug trafficking charge
A Lusignan, East Coast Demerara (ECD) man was sentenced to four years and four months’ imprisonment on Monday, for trafficking cocaine.
Eduardo Moore, 44, was arraigned before Principal Magistrate Sherdel Isaacs-Marcus at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts.
Jailed: Eduardo Moore
He admitted that on February 24 at Albert Street, Georgetown, he had 5.3 pounds of cocaine worth $2.3 million in his possession for the purpose of trafficking. In addition to the four-year prison sentence, he was fined $3,573,000.
It was reported that on the day in question, CANU ranks conducted an operation at Albert Street between Regent and Charlotte Streets, Georgetown, where they intercepted a man carrying a backpack. A subsequent search of the bag led to the discovery of two brick-like parcels, one labelled “V.L.V” and the other “Bobby”, containing a whitish substance that later tested positive for cocaine. The suspect was then arrested and taken to CANU’s Headquarters.
The narcotic has an estimated street value of GY$2.3 million. Moore is no stranger to CANU, having been arrested and charged in 2019 for trafficking 117 pounds of marijuana. He was later sentenced to three years’ imprisonment.
At that time, he was reportedly living at Devonshire Castle, Essequibo Coast, Region Two (Pomeroon-Supenaam). At the end of a trial at the Leonora Magistrate’s Court, Moore was jailed for three years and also fined $41,224,560 for the crime he committed on April 15, 2019.
It was reported that on April 15, 2019, at Anna Catherina Public Road, West Coast Demerara (WCD), he trafficked 52.852 kilograms of Cannabis sativa (marijuana).
The bricks of cocaine that were found in the backpack Eduardo Moore was carrying
The Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) prosecutor had stated that ranks from the unit acting on information intercepted motor car PVV 9817 at Anna Catherina, WCD.
A search was conducted, and two suitcases containing several transparently wrapped parcels containing a quantity of seeds, leaves, and stems, which tested positive for marijuana were found. As such, Moore was told of the offence, cautioned, and charged.
During his sentencing, Moore had begged the Magistrate not to send him back to prison.
“Do not send me back to prison. Prison is a really bad place, and it’s not for me. I don’t want to go back there because I could serve society better outside of prison than inside.”
