-despite deportation
Despite an application for deportation, which was not challenged by the prosecution, Guyanese Raffel Christopher Douglas has been sentenced to 30 months in prison with a further three years of supervision on release. He was also ordered to pay a nominal fine of US$100.
Justice Raymond J Dearie of the Eastern District Court of New York handed down the sentence on April 14 last, after Douglas pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute cocaine in the United States.
Douglas had been indicted on six charges, which included distribution of narcotics for illegal importation and three counts of conspiracy to distribute narcotics. He had been indicted in connection with the shipment of 184 kilogrammes of cocaine seized at JFK Airport on September 21, 2003.
