Two Guyanese men were on Thursday found guilty by a Tampa, Florida federal jury of trafficking in narcotics and face up to life in prison when they are sentenced on February 20, 2014.
According to court documents seen by this newspaper, Yugool Persaud, 61, and Desmond Wilson, 54, were found guilty of two counts of possessing marijuana with intent to distribute it.
According to the documents on count one of the indictment, Persaud and Wilson were found guilty of “combining, conspiring or agreeing to possess with intent to distribute one thousand kilograms or more of marijuana while aboard a vessel subject to the jurisdiction of the United States….” On the second count, they were also
