Andrew Morgan found guilty of trafficking $3.5M in cocaine
Fifty-two-year-old Andrew Morgan now awaits sentencing after he was found guilty on Tuesday of trafficking $3.5 million in cocaine.
Initially charged back in July 2022, Andrew Morgan of Ixora Avenue, Eccles, East Bank Demerara (EBD) had been on trial for the offence before Senior Magistrate Sunil Scarce at the Diamond/Golden Grove Magistrates’ Courts.
This morning, the presiding magistrate found Andrew Morgan guilty as charged and as such, further remanded him to prison until July 14 when a sentencing hearing will be held.
He was never granted bail pending the hearing and determination of his trial. Bail applications made on his behalf were refused by Magistrate Scarce and High Court Judge, Gino Persaud.
Andrew Morgan was represented by Attorney-at-Law Glen Hanoman while the matter was prosecuted by Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU) prosecutor, Attorney-at-Law Thalia Thompson.
According to reports, on June 27, 2022, CANU officers acting on intelligence conducted a narcotics operation at Andrew Morgan’s Eccles, EBD residence.
A subsequent search of the said property was conducted in his presence which resulted in the discovery of a quantity of cocaine, 27 9mm rounds, a .32 Taurus firearm, along with one magazine, and 25 matching .32 rounds.
Andrew Morgan was then arrested and escorted to CANU headquarters along with the firearm, ammunition, and cocaine. The illicit drug has a street value of approximately $ 3.5million.
Andrew Morgan is the brother of convicted drug trafficker Peter Morgan, who was deported from the United States of America (ISA) in 2015.
Peter was imprisoned in the USA for conspiring to import, possess and distribute five kilogrammes of cocaine between December 2001 and August 2003 into the USA.
