ABDOOL Shakoor, one of two men who were arrested in a No. 65 Village Corentyne drug bust, will now spend the next 45 months behind bars after pleading guilty to a trafficking charge.

He appeared, on Thursday, before Magistrate Rabindranauth Singh, at the Whim Magistrate’s Court, charged with having in his possession 64.6 kilogrammes of marijuana for the purpose of trafficking.

The accused entered a guilty plea and in addition to the jail sentence, he was fined $58,140,000.

Meanwhile, in relation to the said drug bust, Yogindra Bheemsingh, 33, of Bank Road Corriverton, Berbice, was charged with the offence of procuring 64.6 kilogrammes of marijuana.

He, too, appeared before Magistrate Singh on Thursday.

He was remanded to prison until March 20 after denying the charge.

The Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU) had issued a release stating that, on February 12, its officers conducted an operation in the No. 65 Village Corentyne, Berbice area, where they intercepted a motor car. A subsequent search of the vehicle revealed three large bulky parcels containing a quantity of leaves, seeds and stems which tested positive for cannabis.