Cocaine suitcase accused seeks reduced sentence

– says relative killed because he cooperated

A relative of Guyanese Gavin Waaldijk, the man who was arrested in the US last year for attempting to import a large quantity of cocaine into that country, was brutally murdered reportedly because Waaldijk was cooperating with lawmen.

Lawyers for Waaldijk, who is awaiting sentencing in a US court, claimed that the man attempted to import the illegal substance after being forced to do so by family members in Guyana one of whom was Viola Weeks, who was a bread vendor on Sheriff Street.