Anton Brumfield, the American man who was found at the airport with cocaine in photo albums last Friday, was yesterday sentenced to three years in jail after he admitted to attempting to smuggle the drug onto a flight out of the country.
Brumfield, 20, of Nandy Park, East Bank Demerara, pleaded guilty to a charge of possession of narcotics for trafficking and blamed “hard times” for his decision to make the attempt. “I was going through some hard times in the country and I have a girl who is three months pregnant. Once I got the job, I just took it because it was hard and I really wanted to make life better,” the unrepresented man told Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry in a city court.
According to the prosecution’s facts, Brumfield told law enforcers that he would have been paid
