Those sent back from the U.S. are Vickarama Sanichari, 25, Tyrone Isaacs, 30, Warren Whyte, 34, Rockey King, 33, Gangindranauth Ramgoolam, 29, Oswald Leacock, 43, Earl Desmond Staunton, 35, Leyland Boucher, 31, Gerald Prowell, 35, Keith King, 34 and Alston McDonald Harry, 56.

Sanichari, of Tain Settlement, spent three years in jail for assault and threatening behaviour, before he was released into Immigration custody for deportation.

He had left here in 1981 and returned last month.

Ramgoolam, of Number 7 Village, was expelled last month, too, after spending six years in prison for motor car theft. He departed this country in 1986.

Harry, of Lot 83 Fern Street, Corriverton, another Corentyne address, was charged with drug trafficking, after arriving in the U.S. last year, via Trinidad and Haiti by different ships.

However, following dismissal of the charge, he was detained by the Immigration authorities and deported earlier this month.

Rockey King, of Lot 193 Smythfield, New Amsterdam, also in Berbice, went to the U.S. in 1970 and was sentenced to six years in jail for money laundering but had only spent six months when he was kicked out last month.

One more June deportee, Isaacs, of Lot 241 Lamaha Street, Newtown, was jailed for seven years for conspiracy to distribute narcotics but completed six years and three months before being thrown out. He was in the U.S. since 1986.

Leacock, of Lot 3615 North Ruimveldt, appeared in Court on a possession of narcotics charge but was released into a rehabilitation centre, where he underwent a six months programme, prior to his deportation last month, as well. He was living in the U.S. since 1978.

Another June deportee, Staunton, of Lot 368 East Ruimveldt Housing Scheme, received a 78-month prison sentence for importation of narcotics with intent to distribute. He completed his full jail term before Immigration authorities deported him.

Staunton entered the U.S. by boat through Miami in 1995 and was convicted in 1996.

Boucher, of Lot 218 Thomas Street, North Cummingsburg, also returned in June after being re-arrested by Immigration, following a period of probation for drug possession with intent to distribute. He had been resident in the U.S. since 1983.

Prowell, a convicted drug trafficker, of Lot 72 Dowding Street, Kitty, also in the city, left here in 1999 for Puerto Rico. On his arrival there, he was given a bag which, when searched as he was about to enter an aircraft, had a quantity of cocaine.

Prowell was sentenced to 37 months imprisonment, of which he spent nine months in Puerto Rico and two years in an American jail before deportation.

Whyte, of Maria Johanna, Wakenaam, Essequibo, left here in 1979 and fell into trouble in 1999, when he was arrested and charged with narcotics possession. He was serving a three to six years jail term when released into Immigration custody, after one year, for deportation last month.

Keith King, of Lot 26 Melanie Damishana, East Coast Demerara, also returned here last month, after his five-year prison sentence, for conspiracy to distribute narcotics, had expired. He was a resident in the U.S. since 1981 and was charged and convicted in 1996.

Trotz, of Number One Canal, West Bank Demerara, was ejected from Antigua last month after he spent one month in jail for shoplifting there. He had been on the island for one year.

Mohamed Shamsundeen Yassim, of St John Street, New Amsterdam, was an April deportee from Trinidad, where he endured two years imprisonment for damage to property and assault.