Czech Republic citizen fined for illegal entry
HABB Angel, a citizen of the Czech Republic, appeared before Acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry yesterday, charged with entering Guyana illegally.
Through an interpreter, the defendant pleaded guilty to the charge which said, last March 5, at Lethem, Rupununi, he entered this country by crossing a land frontier and did not present himself to an immigration officer. Police Corporal Venetta Pindar, prosecuting, made an application for him to be deported.
The alien alleged that the police stole a laptop and 1,000 euros from him when he was arrested. However, the prosecutor explained that the defendant’s computer was lodged but no money and enquires will have to be made to ascertain who was arresting rank.
The magistrate ordered the laptop returned to the defendant before his deportation and fined him $30,000 with the alternative of six months imprisonment.
He is to be kept in police custody until arrangements have been made to deport him, the magistrate said.