Timehri man jailed for 48 months, $5.1M fine for Cocaine in fire extinguisher

Georgetown: Twenty-eight-year-old Dinesh Dias known as ‘Anil’ of lot 26 Timehri, East Bank Demerara pleaded guilty on Friday to having 1.8 kilogrammes of cocaine and cannabis in his possession for the purpose of trafficking on April 23.

Jailed: Dinesh Dias

He was charged jointly with Anthony Collins called Black Boy, 31; Seenarine Mathura called Desi, 43 and Mohamed Insha,48 but they were all released from Police custody following Dias’ guilty plea at the Providence Magistrate’s Court before Magistrate Sunil Scarce.

 Dias was sentenced to 48 months imprisonment and slapped with a $5.1M fine on the cocaine charge and fined $15,000 or face one-week imprisonment for the possession of cannabis charge.

Dias told the court that his three friends had no knowledge of the cocaine and the cannabis which were at his house.

CANU said the raid unearthed suspected cocaine concealed in a fire extinguisher believed to be destined for placement on an aircraft for an international destination at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA).