Eight years in prison for Dennis G. for large-scale cocaine smuggling

The court in Rotterdam sentenced 49-year-old Dennis G., alias “Rasta,” to eight years in prison and a fine of 700,000 euros for smuggling large quantities of cocaine from the Dominican Republic on Monday. The sentence is in accordance with the demand of the justice department. G.'s lawyers have made procedural agreements with the Public Prosecution Service .

Dennis G. from Nieuwegein is a contact of Ridouan Taghi, the main suspect in the Marengo trial. G. was arrested in the Dominican Republic in 2023 and extradited to the Netherlands in May this year.

G. was convicted of smuggling several large shipments of cocaine from the Dominican Republic to the Netherlands and Belgium between 2015 and 2020.

Key figure
The Public Prosecution Service sees G. as a key figure in a network in which Ridouan Taghi and “Bolle Jos” Leijdekkers also operated. These two are not suspects in this trial.

Another figure who is considered part of this network by the judiciary is Boris P., who also made trial agreements. In accordance with these agreements, he was sentenced to eight years in prison and a fine of 200,000 euros for involvement in the import of large quantities of cocaine.

Process agreements
The eight-year prison sentence imposed by the court on Dennis G. is the result of the procedural agreements that the Public Prosecution Service made with G. and his lawyer. In return, G. will not appeal and the defense will not make any further investigation requests. Such procedural agreements allow criminal cases to be dealt with much more quickly.

According to the ANP, during the hearing of his case, G. said that he does not want to return to drug trafficking. 'I never want to experience this again. The profit in drug trafficking is really not worth it.' He was referring to the severe detention regime in which he is held in the Extra Secure Institution (EBI) in Vught.

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