The police yesterday said that Vibert Marks was on February 6th found guilty of exporting gold without a licence and attempting to bribe a Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU) rank and fined.
In a statement, the police said that Marks, of Lot 95 Independence Street La Grange, Lot 16 Hibiscus Park Blankenburg, West Coast Demerara and 75 Bedford Avenue, and East Hartford Connecticut USA, was found guilty of the charges and fined by Senior Magistrate Faith McGusty at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court as follows:
► Exporting gold without a licence (fined $75,000)
► Attempting to bribe a CANU rank (fined $50,000 and given a non-custodial sentence of one year imprisonment). The gold was also forfeited in favour of SOCU.
