South Sophia man gets three years for cocaine-laced wine

Berkeley Ferdinand

A South Sophia man who was found with cocaine hidden in Banko wine at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) on Friday told a city court that he “was under pressure” at the time and had been promised US$2,500 to transport the drugs.

Berkeley Ferdinand, 47, a painter of Lot 236 South Sophia, was sentenced to three years in prison after he pleaded guilty to a charge stating that on December 16, at CJIA,