Three years for attempting to bribe CANU officer
Rajesh Kissoondyal known as “Paddle”
Rajesh Kissoondyal known as “Paddle”

PRINCIPAL Magistrate Judy Latchman on Wednesday sentenced a 46-year-old Canal No. 2, West Bank Demerara farmer to three years’ jail along with a fine of $30,000 for attempting to bribe a Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) officer for his release from a drug trafficking charge.

Rajesh Kissoondyal known as “Paddle” confessed that on January, 5th 2018 at Homestretch Avenue, Georgetown, he offered Lyndon Thompson, a CANU Officer, the sum of $1, 495,000 to forego a drug-trafficking charge.
He was charged jointly with his cousin, Shamkumar Hariprashad, but he took the rap and the charge was dismissed against his relative.

CANU prosecutor, Kunyo Sandiford explained that on January 5, 2018, Kissoondyal was arrested for allegedly trafficking 48.554 kilograms of cocaine in sheets of plywood between 1st April 2016 and the 21st April 2016 at Lot 37 Yarrowkabra, Linden Soesdyke Highway, East Bank Demerara.

The prosecutor noted that Kissoondyal told the arresting officer “give me a chance na. … I gon give you a million dollar”. He was then taken to CANU headquarters at Homestretch Avenue.

It was disclosed that Kissoondyal made a call to Hariprashad to bring the money in a black plastic bag to CANU headquarters and hand it over to Thompson.
Magistrate Latchman considered Kissoondyal’s early guilty plea and sentenced him to three years’ jail, along with a fine of $30,000.

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