In a significant legal ruling, three suspects—Del Aviz Costa, Antonio Carlos, and Ricardo de Lima Felippe—were acquitted by Judge Duncan Nanhoe on October 9, 2025, due to insufficient and unconvincing evidence. Represented by attorneys Arti Radja and Arjan Ramlakhan, the trio was cleared of all charges related to a high-profile gold heist in October 2024. Meanwhile, four other defendants—Dos Santos Alves, José, Dos Santos Pinto, and Santana Anapao—were each sentenced to five years in prison, assisted by lawyers Benito Pick, Pamela Karg, and Chandra Algoe/Guno Castelen. The robbery occurred at a gold concession in Jo Passie, Brokopondo district, where masked assailants armed with heavy firearms looted hundreds of grams of gold from slush boxes before escaping by boat. The suspects were apprehended days later. Defense attorney Arjan Ramlakhan argued that his client, De Lima Felippe, acted under duress, fearing for his life if he refused to assist the perpetrators. The prosecution, however, sought a five-year sentence for complicity, but the judge ruled in favor of acquittal due to lack of evidence. For the other defendants, the prosecution demanded eight-year sentences, but the court ultimately imposed five-year terms.