Illegal Guyanese man gets over eight years for cocaine dealing in US

A Guyanese man was last Thursday sentenced to over eight years in jail for dealing drugs in the United States.

Augustine DeCruz, 59, who was living illegally in the US, was sentenced by US District Judge A Richard Caputo for possession with intent to distribute cocaine and crack cocaine and possessing and carrying a firearm during, in relation to, and in furtherance of possessing with intent to distribute cocaine and crack cocaine, the US Attorney’s Office said.

He received a sentence of