PATRICK Simmons, 28, (no address given) was yesterday sentenced to three years’ imprisonment by Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry after he had been busted with cocaine at the Bourda Market.He pleaded guilty to the charge which detailed that on Saturday, May 2, at Bourda Market, Georgetown, he had in his possession 1.75 grammes of cocaine for the purpose of trafficking.

The prosecution’s facts are that police on patrol at Bourda Market stopped and searched Simmons, and found in his pants waist a black plastic bag which contained several small rock-like substances suspected to be cocaine.

In court, Simmons declared: “I am guilty of the offence”. Apart from the jail term, he was also fined $30,000.