A FORMER security guard attached to the Edward B. Beharry Group of Companies was yesterday jailed for three years and fined over $6M after pleading guilty to a drug-trafficking charge. Thirty-year-old, Kevin Sandy of Lot 37 West La Penitence Housing Scheme, Georgetown, pleaded guilty to the offence that said on Wednesday, July 8, at Ogle International Airport, East Coast Demerara, he had in his possession 2.238 kilogrammes of cannabis-sativa (marijuana) and 12 grammes of cocaine for the purpose of trafficking.
According to Police Prosecutor Bharat Mangru, Sandy was scheduled to travel to Barbados on the day in question. However, a search was conducted on his person and belongings after he was observed by a Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) rank to be acting in a suspicious manner.
The illicit drug was found in a bag which he had in his possession. Subsequently, he was told of the offence and cautioned, during which he confessed that someone had told him to collect the bag from the garbage bin in the airport’s toilet.
Sandy begged the court for leniency, stating that everyone makes mistakes.