Guyanese among 5 convicted over cocaine smuggling in Ghana

A composite photo of the cocaine smuggling convicts

A Guyanese was among five men who pleaded guilty and were convicted on Friday of smuggling cocaine off the coast of Ghana, West Africa. They are expected to be sentenced on January 7, 2014.

Guyanese Premchand Singh, Ghanian Seth Grant, Australian Samuel Monty, Percival Junior Curt and Ronald O’Neil Miller were arrested in Sekondi in the western region of Ghana, in connection with the importation of 400 kilogrammes of suspected cocaine worth $50 million.

They were charged with engaging in criminal conspiracy to commit an offence, by engaging in business relating to narcotic drugs, importation of narcotic drugs