A Colombian national is sentenced to four years in prison and ordered to pay an $82.9 million fine after pleading guilty to narcotics trafficking related to a 55-kilogram cocaine bust in Providence, East Bank Demerara. Court reporting says the case is handled at the Diamond Magistrates’ Court before Magistrate Dylon Bess, following the pair’s appearance in connection with the seizure.
The two defendants include a Colombian man and a Venezuelan co-accused. The Colombian defendant—named in one report as Revelino Achicue Ascue—enters a guilty plea and receives the prison term and financial penalty. The Venezuelan co-accused—named in one report as Gerardo Martinez—is not given a sentence because he pleads not guilty and is remanded to prison pending trial.
The reports also cite Guyana’s Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) as the agency involved in the narcotics matter. The published accounts focus on the sentence and remand outcome and the amount of cocaine involved, without detailing additional circumstances of the case beyond the Providence seizure.
