conviction_status birth_place image_size conviction_penalty charge image_caption birth_date article_title name occupation image_name
at large le bardo , tunisia 180px 24 cane years in jail and 20 strokes of the 16 charges including possessing cocaine and selling ecstasy picture taken from interpol website 14 june 1969 guiga lyes ben laroussi
 guiga lyes ben laroussi ex-marketing manager guiga lyes ben laroussi.jpg
guiga lyes ben laroussi

guiga lyes ben laroussi -lrb- born on 14 june 1969 , in le bardo , tunisia -rrb- is an international fugitive wanted by singapore government for drug trafficking .
guiga was the marketing manager at bobby rubino 's restaurant in singapore .
central narcotics bureau officers had guiga under surveillance for two months and spotted him several times meeting suspected drug users outside pubs in popular nightspot areas , such as mohamed sultan .
in the first-ever raid of a cocaine syndicate ring in singapore in october 2004 , which resulted in the arrest of 23 members including wealthy locals and high-profile expatriates , guiga was claimed by the police to be the link man of the ring .
he was charged with 16 charges including possessing of cocaine and selling ecstasy to dutch businessman petrus van wanrooij .
guiga 's girlfriend mariana abdullah was charged with drug-related offence as well .
guiga faced 24 years in jail and 20 strokes of the cane under a plea bargain arrangement he was considering .
he failed to appear in court on february 23 , 2005 , when he was due to appear to give his plea over the charges .
judge f.g. remedios issued a warrant for his arrest and said his bail fee of s$ 280,000 -lrb- us$ 170,000 -rrb- had been forfeited .
since guiga 's passport had been confiscated as a bail condition , it is unclear how he managed to flee the country .
guiga was subsequently listed by interpol as a fugitive .
