US court sentences ex-Region Three official to time served on cocaine charge

After spending around seven months in jail, former Region Three official Ameena Marilyn Hinds was yesterday sentenced to time served in connection with cocaine she was found with in her luggage at Houston, Texas in October last year.

She had pleaded guilty on March 2nd this year to a charge of conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute a controlled substance.

According to court documents seen by Stabroek News, Judge Sim Lake sentenced Hinds, a former Deputy Regional Executive Officer, to one year which corresponded to the period that she had already been incarcerated.