Taxi driver found with over a kilo of cocaine in Sassari pleads guilty to 2 years and 8 months

Sentenced to two years and eight months in prison after being caught with 1 kg and 200 grams of cocaine.

This was the sentence handed down in recent days in court in Sassari for a 45-year-old Venezuelan accused of drug dealing.

Two months ago, the man arrived at Fertilia-Alghero airport and was stopped by the police as soon as he got into a taxi.

In a backpack the officers had found 1.2 kg of cocaine in capsules, which were supposedly to be sold in Northern Sardinia .

On paper, the South American faced eight years in prison, but a plea bargain was chosen for him. The agreement reached by prosecutor Angelo Beccu and defense attorney Bruno Conti was for two years and eight months, and was accepted by Judge Paolo Bulla.