Two men yesterday appeared before acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court where one was sentenced to three years in prison and fined $30,000 for cocaine trafficking, while the other will appear in Court 5 today after he was refused bail in the same matter.
Lawrence Simpson and Mervin Mahipat were accused of having in their possession 10 grammes of cocaine for the purpose of trafficking on May 13.
Police Corporal Vinetta Pindar, prosecuting,
