A businessman, who thought cocaine given to him to take to New York was baked into his suitcase, received a three-year jail sentence after he admitted to trafficking in the illegal drug when the matter was heard at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court yesterday.
Andrew Michael Park, 41, of 1082 B 12 Pattensen, Turkeyen, pleaded guilty when he appeared before Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry, who also fined him $30,000.
The charge against Park is that on June 13 at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport, Timehri, he had in his possession 3.124 kilogrammes of cocaine for the purpose of trafficking.
Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) prosecutor Oswald Massiah, who related the
