Uibo duo jailed for aine trafficking
sion and he was handed over to the Special Organized Crime Unit (SOCU).
In the former case, Gordon was one of four men charged with having cocaine for trafficking after being arrested by anti-narcotic agents during a drop in the city. It was alleged that on January 28, 2015, at Sheriff Street, Georgetown, Gordon, whose address was then given as Lot 320 Section ‘C,’ Turkeyen; Adrian David, 25, of ‘D’ Field, Sophia; Carl Roberts, 27, of 62 Duncan Street, Campbellville and Fabian Gonsalves, of Pomeroon River, had in their possessions 11.150 kilogrammes of cocaine for the purpose of trafficking.
Gordon was also separately charged with allegedly having had in his possession 1.084 kilogrammes of cocaine on the same day. The prosecution’s case was that the quartet was caught with the cocaine during an operation conducted by members of CANU on Sheriff Street, where ranks allegedly saw Gordon hand over a five-gallon container to Gonsalves, who was travelling with David and Roberts.
The prosecutor said Gordon, who had arrived in a car, then attempted to walk away but he was intercepted by CANU ranks and told of the suspicion that he was trafficking narcotics.
In the presence of the four men, the five-gallon container was opened and 10 ‘bricks’, suspected to be cocaine, were found. It was also claimed that Gonsalves, David, and Roberts informed the CANU officers that there was another parcel in the bonnet of Gordon’s car, which resulted in the separate charge laid against him.