A NEPALESE national was fined $30,000 for failing to undergo the legal process in entering Guyana after he appeared yesterday before Chief Magistrate, Priya Sewnarine-Beharry.Appearing at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court was Keshad Prashad Bastola who pleaded guilty to the charge laid against him.

The court was told that on January 7 at Springlands, Corentyne, Berbice, he entered Guyana by sea and disembarked without the consent of an immigration officer.
Additionally, the prosecution, represented by Inspector Michael Grant, stated that the facts are as charged. The officer noted that the defendant lives in Suriname and was visiting at the time, but he disembarked at the ‘backtrack’ location.
The unrepresented 27-year-old man told the court that he looked for an immigration officer but failed to find any.
The Chief Magistrate thereafter fined the man and informed him that failing to pay would result in one month’s imprisonment.