Man fined $35M, jailed for four years – over 50-lb cocaine bust

A man was fined $35 million and jailed for four years while his alleged accomplice was refused bail, when they appeared before Magistrate Hazel Octive-Hamilton today charged with possession of and trafficking in over 50 pounds of cocaine.

It is alleged that on April 15, at Springlands in Corentyne Berbice, Parsram Persaud and Mohamed Razak