A St Catherine man who pleaded guilty to possession of cocaine valued at nearly $100 million has been fined $500,000 or six months in prison.
37-year-old Michael Abrahams was also given a suspended sentence of nine months at hard labour for the offence of dealing in cocaine.
The sentence, which was handed down in the St Catherine Parish Court yesterday, has been suspended for three years.
Abrahams pleaded guilty to both offences earlier this month.
He was arrested at his home in Caribbean Estate during an operation conducted by members of the Police Narcotics Division.
The police say during the operation approximately 70 kilograms of cocaine valued at just over $92 million was seized.
Abrahams is to appear before the Home Circuit Court on January 12 next year for breaches of the Proceeds of Crime Act.
What a ridiculous sentence by this stupid judge. I guess is acceptable to traffick cocaine in Jamaica.
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Shameless judge.
This case was 100 percent bought out and both the judge and the prosecutor needs to be investigated.
This is ridiculous. 100 million dollar worth of cocaine found and the fine is $500,000 are you kidding and 3 years suspended sentence.
This judge needs to be locked up !!!
Wow, he might be dead man walking anyway
Dem kill who fi kill arredi. What is crazy is di obvious buy out of this case. Police a guh sell back di BIG man him product now di case dun buss. Early Krissmuss fi di Soop. Squaddie…unnu press up di 70 brick a baking soda yet?
Those bricks of baking soda was pressed the night of the find, with 5% of actual product to pass the reagent test. They lost one Kilogram to pay off the judge. 😀
Bwoy, cocaine cheap a Jamaica. That is about US$11K per kilo. Get that to the USA and you can sell it for US$30K/key wholesale or $US$60K-$100K/key or more on the retail end.
Common sense he did a plea deal
Not inna uncle Sam land yuh naaa get dem sentance deh.