NDEA Communiqué - Three more convicted on drug charges |17 May 2017

Three more men have received their sentence for drug charges.

Roger Georges Malbrook, a 32-year-old casual worker residing at Les Mamelles,  was sentenced by Judge Melchior Vidot to 18 months imprisonment and 2 years imprisonment on two counts of trafficking in a controlled drug. His sentence will run concurrently.

Malbrook was arrested on November 4, 2016 at Les Mamelles having in his possession 7.23 grammes of heroin and 0.06 grammes of cannabis.

Another case involved Willy Max Rachel, a construction technician residing at Anse Des Genets aged 42 years and Freddy Jean-Paul Labrosse, a casual labourer residing at Roche Caiman aged 32 years. After having pleaded guilty to an amended charge of possession of a controlled drug, both men were sentenced by Judge Gustave Dodin to pay a fine of R8,000 within a period of 6 months or in default to 1 year imprisonment. Both men were arrested on September 25, 2015 at Roche Caiman with 5.41 grammes of heroin.

The National Drugs Enforcement Agency (NDEA) also wishes to make a correction to the conviction with regard to the case of Derrick Clarisse. He did not plead guilty to the charges but the case went for trial in the Supreme Court on May 12,  2017 where he was convicted and sentenced by Judge Melchior Vidot on two counts.