Nassau- A Swiss retiree was on Thursday sentenced to time served after he admitted to smuggling three kilos of cocaine into the country last year.
Police arrested Rene Buffat, 67, at the Lynden Pindling International Airport when they found the drugs hidden in a false compartment in his luggage on November 21.
He admitted his role as a mule in the drug trafficking scheme after spending nine months on remand.
The court heard that Buffat brought the drugs from Panama and the plan required him to deliver the cocaine to a man in London.
Attorney Jairam Mangra told Deputy Chief Magistrate Andrew Forbes that his client accepted responsibility for his “foolish” actions.
The magistrate said he didn’t understand why senior citizens took these trips without considering the consequences of their actions.
But Magistrate Forbes sentenced him to eight months in prison, although Buffat committed crimes in multiple countries.
Buffat is awaiting deportation to Switzerland.
On Wednesday, the same magistrate sentenced 73-year-old drug mule Esperanza Bonet-Roig to time served for snuggling five kilos of cocaine in March.
She’d spent five months in custody prior to her guilty plea.
